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EARTHLY POWERS by Anthony Burgess; Simon & Schuster; 607 pages...
...Anthony Burgess's versatility is indisputable. He is a novelist, playwright, composer and linguist, as well as a critic whose dissenting views on modern culture have frequently boiled over into newspapers and magazines. But Burgess, 63, is no club Tory grumbling behind his Times and Spectator. He is a rugged, independent Christian humanist who confronts an age that has depersonalized and secularized his values. Such novels as The Doctor Is Sick, Devil of a State and A Clockwork Orange are not only cautionary satires but examples of Burgess's flair for Joycean wordplay and knack for turning...
...Ingrid Bergman: My Story, Bergman & Burgess...
Another variation on the reality theme is ABC's Those Amazing Animals, a sort of Games People Play for wildlife. Host Burgess Meredith runs footage of such wonders as two-headed snakes, spiders that square-dance and cannibalism among rats in overcrowded cages. While some of the reality shows are going strong, others are suffering from TV's penchant for overexploiting a popular idea. After four weeks, CBS last month dropped No Holds Barred, billed as a comedy series highlighting the "crackpot side of modern life" through the "oddball characters that make America unique." That...
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