The End of the World News: An Entertainment

The End of the World News is a 1982 novel by British author Anthony Burgess.

Presented without chapter breaks, the plot weaves together three storylines. One follows Leon Trotsky on a journey to New York City shortly before the Russian Revolution of 1917. This story is written as the libretto of an Off-Broadway musical. A second tale covers the life and career of Sigmund Freud and includes portrayals of Havelock Ellis and Krafft-Ebing. The third part is set in the future, shortly before the impact of a rogue, extrasolar planet with the Earth. Because of the latter story line, it is considered a work of fantastic fiction.

Reception

Reviewing the book for The New York Times, Anatole Broyard concluded that "Mr. Burgess might have written a very good science-fiction novel if he had been more interested in entertaining the reader rather than himself."^[1]

References

↑ Broyard, Anatole (March 12, 1983). "Triple End of Innocence". Book of the Times. New York Times. Retrieved 15 June 2011.

Works by Anthony Burgess

Novels	The Long Day Wanes Time for a Tiger The Enemy in the Blanket Beds in the East The Right to an Answer The Doctor is Sick The Worm and the Ring Devil of a State One Hand Clapping A Clockwork Orange The Wanting Seed Honey for the Bears Inside Mr. Enderby The Eve of St. Venus Nothing Like the Sun A Vision of Battlements Tremor of Intent Enderby Outside M/F Napoleon Symphony The Clockwork Testament Beard's Roman Women Abba Abba 1985 Man of Nazareth Earthly Powers The End of the World News Enderby's Dark Lady The Kingdom of the Wicked The Pianoplayers Any Old Iron Mozart and the Wolf Gang A Dead Man in Deptford Byrne

Short story collections	The Devil's Mode

Poetry	Moses: A Narrative Revolutionary Sonnets

Essays	An Essay on Censorship Homage to Qwert Yuiop One Man's Chorus

Critical works	Shakespeare Joysprick Ninety-Nine Novels Language Made Plain A Mouthful of Air

Operettas	Blooms of Dublin

Symphonies	Sinfoni Melayu

Autobiography	Little Wilson and Big God You've Had Your Time

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