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"[A] collection of Clive James's essays on a variety of literary topics... This is sanity, humor and acuity in the face of death" (The Wall Street Journal). In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia... See More
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by Clive James
(230 reviews)
Quick View"[A] collection of Clive James's essays on a variety of literary topics... This is sanity, humor and acuity in the face of death" (The Wall Street Journal). In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia... See More
by Clive James
(17 reviews)
Quick ViewCollecting verse written in the years 2008-2011, Nefertiti in the Flak Tower sees Clive James approach his later years with the same technical versatility, emotional poignancy and lightly-worn erudition as defined his... See More
by Clive James
(12 reviews)
Quick ViewOne of his most accomplished collections, Angels Over Elsinore brings together the finest poetry written between 2003-2008 by Clive James, much-loved broadcaster, poet and author of Unreliable Memoirs. From reminiscences of... See More
by Clive James
(104 reviews)
Quick ViewClive James was one of our finest critics and best-loved cultural voices. He was also a prize-winning poet. Since he was first enthralled by the mysterious power of poetry, he has been a dedicated student. In fact, for him... See More
by Clive James
(100 reviews)
Quick View"A loving and breezy set of essays" on today's most addictive TV shows from "an incisive and hilarious critic" (Slate). Television is not what it once was. Award-winning author and critic Clive James spent decades... See More
by Clive James
(411 reviews)
Quick ViewClive James read, learned and recited poetry aloud for most of his life. In the last book he completed before he died, he offers a selection of his favourite poems and a personal commentary on each. In the last months of... See More
by Clive James
(154 reviews)
Quick ViewA soaring autobiographical poem, meditating on death and celebrating life, from one of our most cherished, critically acclaimed and bestselling writers. See More
by Clive James
(1 review)
Quick ViewClive James's unforgettable poetry collection, which gained him comparison to Byron and status as a 'true poet' demonstrates his wide range of interests and knowledge while never compromising his trademark wit and humour... See More
by Clive James
(2 reviews)
Quick ViewIn 1974 The Metropolitan Critic started a new trend in cultural comment which has since become an orthodoxy. The young Clive James was the first journalist in London to talk about high culture and pop culture in the same... See More
by Clive James
(4 reviews)
Quick ViewBrrm! Brrm! by Clive James is the hilarious story of Japanese high-flyer and would-be-diplomat Akira Suzuki who is sent to London for the first time to learn about a more cosmopolitan lifestyle but instead manages to make... See More
by Clive James
(24 reviews)
Quick ViewFlying Visits is a collection of Clive James's 'Postcards' originally written for The Observer between the years 1976 and 1983 about his experiences travelling abroad, from Peking, Los Angeles and Sydney. Full of James's... See More
by Clive James
(145 reviews)
Quick View'This is the finest critic of his generation on the best poet of his lifetime' -- The Times Clive James was a life-long admirer of the work of Philip Larkin. Somewhere Becoming Rain gathers all of James's writing on this... See More
by Clive James
(2,144 reviews)
Quick ViewTold with Clive James's unassailable sense of humour and self-effacing charm, Unreliable Memoirs is a hilarious and touching introduction to the story of a national treasure. A million-copy bestseller, this classic memoir is... See More
by Clive James
(15 reviews)
Quick ViewOver a period of fifteen years Clive James learned French by almost no other method than reading À la recherche du temps perdu. Then he spent half a century trying to get up to speed with Proust's great novel in two... See More
by Clive James
(15 reviews)
Quick ViewThe Revolt of the Pendulum is an essay collection that shows Clive James at his most dazzling and versatile best. From the rules of grammar to the fundamentals of religion, from the culture of fandom to the cult of the... See More
by Clive James
(40 reviews)
Quick View'James's confrontation with his approaching death is nothing short of inspirational' - Joan Bakewell, Independent The publication of Clive James's Sentenced to Life was a major literary event. Facing the end, James looked... See More
by Clive James
(156 reviews)
Quick ViewIt is the middle of the Swinging Sixties, and Clive James doesn't have much to show for it. May Week Was In June is the third hilarious, tender instalment of memoir from the iconic author, poet and broadcaster. 'Nobody... See More
by Clive James
(217 reviews)
Quick ViewIn his insightful collection of poems Clive James looks back over an extraordinarily rich life with a clear-eyed and unflinching honesty. There are regrets, but no trace of self-pity in these verses, which - for all their... See More
by Clive James
(65 reviews)
Quick ViewIn the closing pages of the last volume, I got married. The ceremony marked a rare outbreak of normality in my life. It was symbolized by my personal appearance. I was clean-shaven and had a hairstyle in reasonably close... See More
by Clive James
(366 reviews)
Quick ViewThe second instalment of his famed unreliable memoirs, Falling Towards England sees Clive James set sail for London - a long way from the acclaimed author, poet and broadcaster he would one day become... 'A comic triumph'... See More
by Clive James
(13 reviews)
Quick ViewLiterary critic, cultural commentator, TV personality, journalist, poet, political analyst, satirist and Formula One fan: Clive James is a man (and master) of many talents, and the essays collected in The Meaning of... See More
by Clive James
(11 reviews)
Quick ViewEffervescent, energetic and eclectic, this is one of the late Twentieth Century's finest minds (and bellies) on show. Even As We Speak is a compelling collection of essays in which Clive James focusses on Australian... See More
by Clive James
(27 reviews)
Quick ViewOpal Sunset gathers together fifty years of Clive James's poetry, and enhances his reputation as one of the most versatile and accomplished of contemporary writers. Indeed - as with Other Passports, The Book of My Enemy and... See More
by Clive James
(24 reviews)
Quick View'The brilliant creatures of the title live in a world of lost innocence and vast incomes; publishers, writers, media men and consultants, they belong to a charmed circle where everyone knows everybody else's business and... See More
by Clive James
(2 reviews)
Quick View'If you are vacillating over whether a couple of bottles of pinot blanc might, in the short run, prove more fun than a poetry book, then just flick to the first page and the title poem of this volume. James writes with... See More
by Clive James
(1 review)
Quick ViewThe Dreaming Swimmer is a collection of literary essays by poet and TV critic Clive James. 'He writes like a prophet and he can satirise folly in high places with a touch as elegant as Oscar Wilde... There isn't a word... See More
by Clive James
(6 reviews)
Quick ViewIn Snakecharmers in Texas, a collection of essays, written between 1980-1987, Clive James tackles burning issues and shining personalities from Barry Humphries to Barry Manilow and Michael Jackson to Michael Foot. He... See More
by Clive James
(152 reviews)
Quick View'Finally I realised that I had been practising for this job every time I wrote a quatrain... I had spent all this time - the greater part of a lifetime - preparing my instruments.' The Divine Comedy is the precursor of... See More
by Clive James
(223 reviews)
Quick ViewThe Complete Unreliable Memoirs features all five volumes of Clive James's memoirs in one ebook omnibus. Including Unreliable Memoirs, Falling Towards England, May Week was in June, North Face of Soho and The Blaze of... See More
by Clive James
(107 reviews)
Quick ViewIncluding Clive James's most memorable pieces - his 'Postcard from Rome', his observations on Margaret Thatcher, his insights into Heaney, Larkin and Orwell - this book also contains brilliantly funny examinations of... See More