Culture of Manchester an early author of police procedural novels. Procter's "Hell is a City" (1954) is set in a fictionalised Manchester, later filmed in the city with lead roles for Donald Pleasence and Stanley Baker. Anthony Burgess (born 1917), author of "A Clockwork Orange", was born and educated in Manchester. "Little Wilson and Big God", the first volume of his autobiography, includes a detailed account of his early life in the city between 1917 and 1940. Howard Jacobson, born in Prestwich in 1942, an area with a strong Jewish community, has written about post-war Manchester in "The Mighty Walzer" (1999) and "Kalooki
A Clockwork Orange (film) in the directors' poll and 235th in the critics' poll. In 2010, "Time" magazine placed it 9th on their list of the Top 10 Ridiculously Violent Movies. In 2008, "Empire" ranked it 37th on their list of "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time", and in 2013, "Empire" ranked it 11th on their list of "The 100 Best British Films Ever". The Spanish director Luis Buñuel praised the film highly. He once said: ""A Clockwork Orange" is my current favourite. I was predisposed against the film. After seeing it, I realised it is only a movie about what the modern