{"product_id":"9781784103927","title":"Ink Trade: Selected Journalism 1961 - 1993","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The title of journalist is probably very noble, but I lay no real claim to it. I am, I think, a novelist and a musical composer manqué: I make no other pretensions…\" —Anthony Burgess. Despite his disingenuous claims, Anthony Burgess was an enormously prolific journalist. During his life he published two substantial collections of journalism, \u003ci\u003eUrgent Copy \u003c\/i\u003e(1968) and \u003ci\u003eHomage to Qwert Yuiop\u003c\/i\u003e (1986); a posthumous collection of occasional essays, \u003ci\u003eOne Man’s Chorus\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1998. These collections are now out of print, and Burgess’s journalism, a key element of his oeuvre, and an example to a declining modern reviewer, has fallen into neglect. \u003ci\u003eThe Ink Trade\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant new selection of his reviews and articles, some savage, some crucial in establishing new writers, new tastes and trends. Between 1959 and his death in 1993 Burgess contributed to newspapers and periodicals around the world, among them the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e. He was provocative, informative, entertaining, extravagant, and always readable. Editor Will Carr presents a wealth of unpublished and uncollected material.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carcanet Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047797506288,"sku":"9781784103927","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781784103927_p0.jpg?v=1763727380","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781784103927","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}