Force me to pick one 20th century writer to hang out with at a pub, Burgess would be my pick.

Love this, but that pint got more head than Joyce at a brothel.

Genius Burgess.

The best exegesis of this outrageous, profound, disgusting, prodigious book. This was a great help in deciphering the code of this book, overcoming my initial befuddlement at this notoriously difficult text.
Through all the fifth and sin of this book there is the most sacred, exquisite beauty.

i'm very grateful for Burgess's 'Here Comes Everybody: An introduction to James Joyce for the Ordinary Reader'. It gave me the head start I needed for reading Joyce.

what a mind
the flush at the end was genius

Videos like this make me appreciate the internet.

This is the kind of U Tube I live for,Thank You !

for those of you who do not know, this man wrote a clockwork orange.

Absolutely brilliant from Mr Burgess, "Finegans Wake" is my favourite book.

Marvellous! However as an Irishman, my only criticism is the way Burgess horrendously poured that bottle of Guinness 😂

I just put this on in the background sometimes. Such a joy to listen to.

Absolutely great..I've read Finnegans Wake a few times, but Burgess makes it fresh again.

Terrific!
I first read Ulysses as an undergraduate, but never could gather the courage to tackle Finnegans Wake. Perhaps—60 years later—having seen this wonderful presentation, I’ll be inspired to give it a shot.

This is… mindblowing. I am not even exaggerating.

I have to confess that although I know of Anthony Burgess from “A Clockwork Orange” (having read it multiple times) and have heard of James Joyce, I never knew anything about Finnegan’s Wake.  But this was absolutely fascinating - so much so I have watched this 4 times now!!

Joyce. Always the last to leave a good session. Always time for one last song.  Most of his life spent without a pot to piss in. On the run from Landlords.
I think I've rented rooms or flats, just  a few doors away from where he'd stayed, about 3 times in my life, which shows ye how many kips he must have had to stay in.

I keep coming back to this as I'm completely fascinated by Joyce. The Wake is on my reading list along with A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake. Ive been completely in awe of JJ since reading Dubliners, Portrait & Ulysses. You could easily spend the rest of your days on earth studying his work

Burges really knew what was good

I like how he has half a glass of Guinness at the table and half a glass of Guinness at the bar.