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History & Criticism

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(230 reviews)

"[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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Poetry & Drama

Nefertiti in the Flak Tower

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(17 reviews)

Collecting 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

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Poetry & Drama

Angels Over Elsinore: Collected Verse 2003-2008

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(12 reviews)

One 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

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Essays & Correspondence

Poetry Notebook: 2006–2014

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(104 reviews)

Clive 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

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Politics & Social Sciences

Play All: A Bingewatcher's Notebook

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(100 reviews)

"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

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Poetry & Drama

The River in the Sky

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(154 reviews)

A soaring autobiographical poem, meditating on death and celebrating life, from one of our most cherished, critically acclaimed and bestselling writers. See More

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Poetry & Drama

Other Passports: Poems 1958-1985

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(1 review)

Clive 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

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Essays & Correspondence

The Metropolitan Critic

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(2 reviews)

In 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

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Literary Fiction

Brrm! Brrm!

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(4 reviews)

Brrm! 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

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Humour

Flying Visits: Postcards From The Observer 1976-83

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(24 reviews)

Flying 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

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Biography & True Accounts

Unreliable Memoirs: Picador Classic

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(2,144 reviews)

Told 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

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Poetry & Drama

Gate of Lilacs: A Verse Commentary on Proust

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(15 reviews)

Over 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

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Humour

The Revolt of the Pendulum: Essays 2005-2008

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(15 reviews)

The 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

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Poetry & Drama

Injury Time

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(40 reviews)

'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

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Biography & True Accounts

May Week Was In June: More Unreliable Memoirs

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(156 reviews)

It 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

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Poetry & Drama

Sentenced to Life

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(217 reviews)

In 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

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Biography & True Accounts

North Face of Soho: More Unreliable Memoirs

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(65 reviews)

In 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

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Biography & True Accounts

Falling Towards England: More Unreliable Memoirs

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(366 reviews)

The 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

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Humour

The Meaning of Recognition: Essays 2001-2005

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(13 reviews)

Literary 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

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Essays & Correspondence

Even As We Speak: Criticism (Bello)

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(11 reviews)

Effervescent, 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

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Poetry & Drama

Opal Sunset: Selected Poems 1958-2008

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(27 reviews)

Opal 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

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Literary Fiction

Brilliant Creatures (Picador Books)

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(24 reviews)

'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

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Poetry & Drama

The Book of My Enemy: Collected Verse 1958-2003

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(2 reviews)

'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

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Humour

The Dreaming Swimmer: Non-fiction 1987-1992

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(1 review)

The 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

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Humour

Snakecharmers In Texas (Picador Books)

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(6 reviews)

In 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

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Poetry & Drama

The Divine Comedy

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(152 reviews)

'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

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Biography & True Accounts

The Complete Unreliable Memoirs

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(223 reviews)

The 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

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Essays & Correspondence

Reliable Essays: The Best of Clive James

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(107 reviews)

Including 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

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