Description
| Product ID: | 9781529090765 |
| Product Form: | Book |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Picador Collection |
| Title: | The Complete Unreliable Memoirs: Volume One |
| Authors: | Author: Clive James |
| Page Count: | 624 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: writers, Autobiography: literary, Memoirs, News media and journalism, Memoirs, Press & journalism |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The first three volumes of the critically-acclaimed, million copy bestselling memoir series from the inimitable author, poet and broadcaster Clive James - a hilarious and poignant account of a truly extraordinary life. <p><b>Clive James, a true polymath, became a generation-defining voice as a broadcaster, a critic, a poet and an author. Among his greatest achievements, his five hilarious, heartwarming books of autobiography are collected now in two volumes: his <i>Complete Unreliable Memoirs</i>.<br><br>'It is one of the most tender, frank and, above all, funny accounts of growing up I have ever read' – Michael Parkinson</b><br><br>With his trademark humour and self-deprecating style, Clive James proves a hugely entertaining and erudite guide to his own remarkable life. <br><br>In this first volume, James explores his childhood adventures in the suburbs of post-war Sydney, his excited arrival in Sixties’ London as a young man and aspiring poet, and his time at Cambridge University where he neglected his studies in favour of poetry, the stage, the music business and the film industry.<br><br>From a true national treasure, this is a collection of one of the most well-loved and acclaimed memoirs of our times.<br><br><i>I was born in 1939. The other big event of that year was the outbreak of the Second World War, but for the moment, that did not affect me . . .</i><br><br><b>'A comic triumph' – London Review of Books<br><br><i>The Complete Unreliable Memoirs: Volume One</i> collects the first three books of autobiography from Clive James: <i>Unreliable Memoirs</i>, <i>Falling Towards England</i>, and <i>May Week Was In June</i>.<br><br>The final two books, <i>North Face of Soho </i>and<i> The Blaze of Obscurity</i>, are available in <i>Volume Two</i>.</b><br><br>Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-04-28 |