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Reliable Essays: The Best of Clive James

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Description for Reliable Essays: The Best of Clive James Paperback.

Hilarious and trenchant, Reliable Essays collects the most memorable works of criticism and travel writing from well-loved author and broadcaster, Clive James. With an introduction by Julian Barnes.

'[An] intellectual as well as a joker, a wise man as well as a wit' – Observer

Whether discussing arts, politics or culture, Clive James opens up new avenues for thought whilst never being less than wonderfully entertaining. From his 'Postcard from Rome' to his observations on Margaret Thatcher, and his insights into Heaney, Larkin and Orwell, Clive is equally at home discussing the nature of celebrity and considering serious ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447241041
SKU
V9781447241041
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3

About Clive James
Clive James was the author of more than forty books. As well as essays, he published collections of literary and television criticism, travel writing, verse and novels, plus five volumes of autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, Falling Towards England, May Week Was In June, North Face of Soho and The Blaze of Obscurity. As a television performer he appeared regularly for both ... Read more

Reviews for Reliable Essays: The Best of Clive James
He has widened the “tonal range” of criticism, permitting it to be both sober and skittish, learned and lewd, rhetorically rambunctious and epigrammatically concise . . . an intellectual as well as a joker, a wise man as well as a wit.
Peter Conrad
Observer
His writing is impeccably witty, flexible and urbane . . . immensely ... Read more

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