1971. Burgess on
- the impossibility of writing in London
- attempting to discover something about what Shakespeare was really like
- the pretence of certain clergymen about Shakespeare
- his alleged nervous collapse in Borneo
- being accused of letting the side down by failing to write costively
- being hounded out of Brunei for political reasons
- the right not to be aborted
- the pub
- the impossibility of writing in Dublin
- pubescent creative efforts
- the hard-heartedness of the writing profession
- his motherfucking novel
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