Magnifying Glass
Search Loader

Anthony Burgess 
The Doctor Is Sick 

Support

‘Fine, sly, rich comedy.’ —New York Times Book Review


Dr. Edwin Spindrift, a very ordinary lecturer in linguistics, has been sent home from Burma with a brain tumor. Closer to words than people, his sense of reality is further altered by his condition. The night before he is to be operated on, Spindrift decides—shaven-headed, shirtless, and penniless—to postpone the surgery by escaping from the hospital. Things and people he hardly knew existed outside of his dictionaries swoop down on him as he careens through adventures in nighttime London.

€16.99
payment methods

About the author

Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) is the author of many works, including The Wanting Seed, Nothing Like the Sun, and Re Joyce. A Clockwork Orange is one of the ‘100 best novels’ of both Time magazine and Modern Library and is on David Bowie’s Book List.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 272 ● ISBN 9780393352535 ● File size 0.5 MB ● Publisher W. W. Norton & Company ● Country US ● Published 1997 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7469012 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
Requires a DRM capable ebook reader

More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor

699,325 Ebooks in this category