Brunei (1): In the Footsteps of Anthony Burgess from protectorate uk Watch Video
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Description: Anthony Burgess in Brunei: After a brief period of leave in England during 1958, Burgess secured a teaching job at the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin College in Brunei Town. A British protectorate since 1888, the Brunei sultanate was not to achieve full independence until 1984. It was here that Burgess sketched the novel that, when it was published in 1961, was to be called 'Devil of a State'.nnIn 1959 Burgess