Enderby Outside

by Anthony Burgess · 1968

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After a failed suicide attempt at the very end of Inside Mr. Enderby, the second novel opens with the protagonist under psychiatric care and working as a bartender at a large London hotel. Under the name of 'Hogg' (his stepmother's maiden name, we learn), he is persuaded to renounce the creation of poetry as an adolescent preoccupation and to pursue useful work.

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humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 243 pages

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