The Right to an Answer

The Right to an Answer
First edition cover
AuthorAnthony Burgess
LanguageEnglish
GenreComic novel
PublisherHeinemann
Publication date
1960
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)

The Right to an Answer is a darkly comic 1960 novel by Anthony Burgess, the first of his repatriate years (1960–69). One of its themes is the disillusionment of the returning exile. The critic William H. Pritchard described the novel in a 1966 publication as "surely Burgess's most engaging novel".