Chronology Entry
Year
1961
Text
Burgess, Anthony. One hand clapping. (London : Peter Davies, 1961).
The Chinese camphorwood chest.
http://www.anthonyburgess.org/?collections=the-chinese-camphorwood-chest.
One Hand Clapping was Burgess's first published novel as Joseph Kell, and is a comic satire on consumer culture. Not to spoil the story too much, at one point the protagonist Janet Shirley and her lover Redvers Glass find themselves in Paris with a dead body to dispose of.
[Redvers Glass] said: 'That shop in Rue What's-its-name. Where they have the antiques and things. 'Yes?' 'They have a Chinese camphorwood chest. A nice big one. Camphor will preserve anything. A lovely smell, too. We'll go and buy that.'
The Chinese camphorwood chest.
http://www.anthonyburgess.org/?collections=the-chinese-camphorwood-chest.
One Hand Clapping was Burgess's first published novel as Joseph Kell, and is a comic satire on consumer culture. Not to spoil the story too much, at one point the protagonist Janet Shirley and her lover Redvers Glass find themselves in Paris with a dead body to dispose of.
[Redvers Glass] said: 'That shop in Rue What's-its-name. Where they have the antiques and things. 'Yes?' 'They have a Chinese camphorwood chest. A nice big one. Camphor will preserve anything. A lovely smell, too. We'll go and buy that.'
Mentioned People (1)
Burgess, Anthony
(Manchester 1917-1993 London) : Schriftsteller, Komponist
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain