Reviews

Inside Mr. Enderby by Anthony Burgess

stuartalexanderhamilton's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.5

ruthenator's review against another edition

4.0

I emancipated this book from the jury doody waiting room because I thought it belonged with me rather than with 'my peers'. I don't feel guilty either. Get it? Guilty? bahaha!

edwardpointsman's review

funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

mefrost's review

challenging funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

billil1957's review

4.0

It has been years and years since I've read this book and it was really a joy to reread it. Not the most loveable character you'll ever meet, but a great portrait of a man willing to sacrifice everything for his art.

sickforthebigsun's review

dark funny medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

lnatal's review

4.0

From BBC radio 4 Extra:
Enderby, mediocre poet sans pareil, bursts onto an unsuspecting world, scattering bread crumbs and bad verse.

Misadventures abound as Enderby becomes the bemused recipient of the attentions of the lovely Vesta Bainbridge.

Classic 1960s acerbic comedy by Anthony Burgess.

Enderby .... Philip Glenister
Vesta .... Valerie Edmond
Rawcliffe .... Russell Dixon
Harry .... David Fleeshman
Stepmother ...... Ann Rye
Mrs Meldrum .... Pauline Jefferson
Walpole .... Malcolm Raebum
Nurse .... Liz Stooke

All other parts played by members of the cast.

Dramatised in two parts by Jim Poyser.

Director: Polly Thomas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009s39