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Set in the near future, The Wanting Seed is a Malthusian comedy about the strange world overpopulation will produce. Tristram Foxe and his wife, Beatrice-Joanna, live in their skyscraper world where official family limitation glorifies homosexuality. Eventually, their world is... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Tristram Foxe: One of teh two protagonists; a history teacher who has suffered the death of his young son.
- Derek Foxe: Tristram's brother.
- Shonny: Add a description of this character.
- Mavis
- Mr Dollimore
- Llewelyn
- Dymphna
- Beatrice-joanna
- Lieutenant-colonel Williams
- Roger
- Father Shackel
- Loosley
- Oxenford
- Bessie
- Abdul Wahab
- Lightbody
- Dr Acheson
- Charlie Linklater
- Brother Foxe
- Pelagianism
- Sinclair
- Mr Nesbit
- Hilliard
- Sarnt
- Joscelyne
- Mr Earthrowl
- Adair
- Salter
First Sentence edit
THIS was the day before the night when the knives of official disappointment struck.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anthony Burgess (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1962
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Publication Date: 1962
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- Dewey: 823.914
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- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( B ) › Burgess, Anthony
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
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