title: New York (Burgess book)
text: # New York (Burgess book)
  
  New York is a 1976 work of travel and observation by Anthony Burgess.
  
  ## Background
  
  It was written for Time–Life's The Great Cities series of books.
  
  Burgess lived in the city for two years in the early 1970s, teaching literature and creative writing at City College and Columbia University.
  
  