Always Unreliable: Memoirs

Always Unreliable: Memoirs

by Clive James (Author)

Synopsis

*Clive James' sharp, brilliant and outrageously funny memoirs together in one volume* In UNRELIABLE MEMOIRS we meet a very young Clive James. One dressed in shorts. His hilarious adventures growing up in post-war Sydney are deliciously recounted in this, the first volume of his memoirs. Next our hero sets sail for London where he hopes to find Success without compromising his Ideals. FALLING TOWARDS ENGLAND tells how, having happily failed to land a suitable job, Clive moves into a little bed and breakfast in Swiss Cottage where he thoughtfully practises the Twist, anticipates the poetical masterpieces yet to be composed, and worries a little about his wardrobe. MAY WEEK WAS IN JUNE sees Clive at Cambridge University, where he enthusiastically involves himself in a wide variety of pursuits (so long as they aren't on the syllabus and happen to be female). Then during May week - not only in June but also two weeks long - he marries...and the rest is history.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 560
Publisher: Picador
Published: 07 Dec 2001

ISBN 10: 0330488759
ISBN 13: 9780330488754

Author Bio
Clive James is the author of more than twenty books. As well as three volumes of autobiography he has published severals novels, also collections of literary criticism, television criticism, verse and travel writing. His most recent collections of essays are RELIABLE ESSAYS: THE BEST OF CLIVE JAMES and EVEN AS WE SPEAK: NEW ESSAYS. As a television performer he has appeared regularly for both the BBC and ITV. He lives in London.