Anthony Burgess — Mozart And The Wolf Gang

Vintage 1992 Paperback, 154pp. In Mozart and The Wolf Gang, Anthony Burgess pays a playful and ironic tribute to one of the world’s greatest composers. â€oeWe have imagined conversations between famous composers, the libretto for an opera buffa, a film script, a schizophrenic dialogue between two characters called ‘Anthony’ and ‘Burgess’ and a short story structured in imitation of the 40th symphony. Perhaps we should simply think of it as a divertimento, since the whole enterprise is carried off with a touch of Mozartian levity. Burgess’s originality lies in the inventiveness and animation with which he has organized his material. ” –Guardian â€oeThe whole thing is typically Burgess: hectoring, self-indulgent, entertaining, stirring – and in the attempt to render one art form (Symphony no. 40) by another (Burgess the wordsman) brilliant, futile, and (this is why you should buy it) vital. ” –City Limits. Foxed and tanned. (ISBN: 9780099999102). Fair.