Roger Lewis
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Roger Lewis a former Fellow of Wolfson College at Oxford University, is the biographer of Anthony Burgess
. Lewis's book, Anthony Burgess: A Life
, was published in 2002.
Lewis has also published books on Laurence Olivier
, William of Baskerville and Peter Sellers
and the Carry On
actor Charles Hawtrey
(Charles Hawtrey: the man who was Private Widdle, 2001).
He has written about the Great Gatsby.
Anthony Burgess
John Burgess Wilson – who published under the pen name Anthony Burgess – was an English author, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. The dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange is Burgess's most famous novel, though he dismissed it as one of his lesser works...
. Lewis's book, Anthony Burgess: A Life
Anthony Burgess: A Life
Anthony Burgess: A Life is the title of a biography of the novelist and critic Anthony Burgess by Roger Lewis.Blake Morrison, in his review in the Guardian, describes the book as "an idle, fatuous, self-regarding book"....
, was published in 2002.
Lewis has also published books on Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
, William of Baskerville and Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
Richard Henry Sellers, CBE , known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor. Perhaps best known as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, he is also notable for playing three different characters in Dr...
and the Carry On
Carry On films
The Carry On films are a series of low-budget British comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. They are an energetic mix of parody, farce, slapstick and double entendres....
actor Charles Hawtrey
Charles Hawtrey (film actor)
George Frederick Joffre Hartree , known as Charles Hawtrey, was an English comedy actor and musician.Beginning at a young age as a boy soprano, he made several records before moving on to the radio...
(Charles Hawtrey: the man who was Private Widdle, 2001).
He has written about the Great Gatsby.