Anthony Burgess is a famous English writer, author of the bestsellers “A Clockwork Orange”, “Shakespeare in Love”, “The Crazy Seed”, “One-Armed Applause “The Doctor is Sick” and a number of other books exploring human nature and the ways of development of modern civilization. In Bartender Piggy Hogge unexpectedly revives the creative gift of the former Enderby - his desire and ability to write poetry. Faced with the general profanation of art, he flees to the East, where he gives everything, including his newly acquired name, for the opportunity to work with words. The waves of time take away even a blood enemy from the poet, and they also give him, like Aphrodite, the young muse of a new time. The poet, faced with the total profanation of art, flees from the plastic-synthetic world into himself, but pays for this with the loss of his creative gift. Thanks or despite the treatment of Dr. Wapenshaw, the bartender Piggy Hogge reveals Enderby's personality, his desire and ability to create. Now the Poet needs only the Word...