{"product_id":"childhood-by-anthony-burgess-u-k-miniature-paperback-1996-penguin-60s","title":"Childhood by Anthony Burgess [U.K MINIATURE PAPERBACK] 1996 • Penguin 60's","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChildhood by Anthony Burgess\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1996] PENGUIN 60's \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in a line of 60p priced U.K. miniature sized paperbacks to commemorate Penguin's 60th anniversary.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiniature paperback in excellent condition. [Quarter for scale]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook is near mint!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike new and unread with trace shelf wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOK \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA short account of the renowned author growing up in 1920s Manchester\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAnthony Burgess (1917-93) served in the Education Corps in the Second World War, and later worked as a teacher. During his stationing in Malaysia and Borneo with the Colonial Service at the time of the Independence Movement, he began writing A Malayan Trilogy (published in Penguin as The Long Day Wanes) and Devil of a State.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAnthony Burgess's autobiography was written in two volumes: Little Wilson and Big God (1987), from which Childhood is taken, and You've Had Your Time (1990).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAmong the selection of his novels published in Penguin are A Clockwork Orange, Earthly Powers and The Complete Enderby.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48450954789113,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/penguinmini-childhood-1.jpg?v=1779917724","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/childhood-by-anthony-burgess-u-k-miniature-paperback-1996-penguin-60s","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}