Art is dangerous.
Birthplace Manchester, England Education Manchester University, England Other jobs Served in World War II, then became an education officer in the far east before beginning to write. After him it was considered ungentlemanly to write more than five or six novels. 1985 is both a convincing dystopia and original reading of Orwell, while The End of the World News combines apocalypse, Trotsky and Freud. Malcolm McDowell in pre-Star Trek villain days gives the performance of a lifetime, and though Kubrick fudges the novel's ending, he captures the spirit and soundtrack of Burgess's ideas. There is a Bibliography by Jeutonne Brewer.