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The Clockwork Testament

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The Clockwork Testament

By: Anthony Burgess
Narrated by: John Sessions
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Relocated to New York for The Clockwork Testament, or, Enderby's End, Enderby has to defend himself and his first film scenario, which he based on a poem by Gerald Manley Hopkins but - shades of Burgess's A Clockwork Orange - was transmogrified into an X-rated movie.

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What did you like most about A Clockwork Testament?

John Sessions ability to deliver the characters and therefore the story in an exceptional realisation.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Enderby.

What about John Sessions’s performance did you like?

A further brilliant reading by one of life's great performers

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Bloody silly question. The book enlightens, it deals with Shakespeare and it entertains

An exceptional reading of an outstanding book

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