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Title: Honey for the Bears (Norton Paperback Fiction) by Anthony Burgess ISBN: 0-393-31441-3 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Russian to Sell the Satire
Comment: Anthony Burgess' "Honey for the Bears," is a fast paced farcical satire set in Cold War period Soviet Russia. Following an antiques dealer and his wife as the two attempt to sell cheep dresses on the black market as a favor to a friend.
Sexual morays and British stereo type stuffiness are thrown out the window as the two find themselves trapped in the Soviet Union with the police on Paul Hussey's trail. On the boat ride over his American wife, Belinda, becomes sick and finds herself hospitalized for a terrible rash.
"Honey for the Bears" satirizes the secret capitalist desires of the Soviet people with a schizophrenic jump between their urges for Western pleasures and at the same time a contempt for the capitalist pigs that cannot even take care of their own people.
Sharp, witty and insightful, Burgess again succeeds in bringing together a dark twisted world that strongly resembles our own. As always, Burgess' mastery of linguistics shines through as he plays games with language and dialects: thus giving his characters a sense of reality.
Rating: 5
Summary: Burgess's best-kept secret
Comment: I didn't want to read this book. It was attached to a copy of "A Clockwork Orange" and I figured I might as well. The whole time, I felt both compelled and repelled to go on. However, I loved it more than "A clockwork Orange," and am currently trying to find out more about it. Burgess uses an interesting plot that puts full emphasis on causality and contains many twists and turns that were comical and intriguing. I found myself alternately loving and hating Paul, the main character. The thing that I love about it the most is that what appears is a simple plot is really a statement of burgess's personal resentment for the state. If you're a political kind of person, or you want to learn, this is a great, insightful book.
Rating: 5
Summary: It's ashame that this book isn't more popular...
Comment: It is by chance that I read this book. And I don't regret it. I loved Burgess's A Clockwork Orange, and, naturally, I wanted to read more. After looking over the reviews of The Doctor is Sick ,The Complete Mr. Enderby, and The Wanting Seed, I decided I'd look for one of those. I went to the local bookstore, and sadly (or so I thought at the time) they only had one copy of Honey for the Bears, about 7 copies of A Clockwork Orange and a couple of works he did on Shakespeare. I read the summary for Honey for the Bears, and I was uninterested. However, for lack of reading material, I bought it.
It was excellent. Burgess is really talented. Unlike so many other books, this one never gets boring, not even for a second. Taking a journey of self exploration with Paul could not possibly be more entertaining, funny, exciting or meaningful than Burgess makes it. You'll enjoy this book if you like a well constructed plot and interesting story line. This was not in any way Russian babble not worth reading unless Russian yourself. (I'm not Russian, never have been to Russia, and don't know any of the Russian language. I will go even furthur to say that you most certainly don't have to have a great interest in Russia to enjoy this book!) At the risk of sounding cliche, this is just one of those books that entertains you the whole way through.
It's not complete candy though: Burgess used Russian throughout this book, making it a little diffult to understand at times. I had to reread a few parts, but it wasn't a chore at all, and surprisingly, did not bother me. Everything comes together at the end, although is not always what you expect. Delightful. I'm surprised this wasn't made into a movie.
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Title: One Hand Clapping: A Novel by Anthony Burgess ISBN: 0786706317 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Wanting Seed (Norton Paperback Fiction) by Anthony Burgess ISBN: 0393315088 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Byrne by Anthony Burgess ISBN: 0786705752 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Doctor Is Sick by Anthony Burgess ISBN: 0393316025 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: A Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess ISBN: 0786711523 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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