With an introduction by P. J. O'Rourke.
Clive James is the author of more than forty books. As well as essays, he has 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 the BBC and ITV, most notably as writer and presenter of the 'Postcard' series of travel documentaries. He helped to found the independent television production company Watchmaker and the multimedia personal website www.clivejames.com. His book Cultural Amnesia was widely noticed in all the English-speaking countries and is currently being translated into Chinese. His popular Radio 4 series A Point of View has been published in volume form. In 1992 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia and in 2003 he was awarded the Philip Hodgins memorial medal for literature. He holds honorary doctorates from Sydney University and the University of East Anglia. In 2012 he was appointed CBE.
You can't put it down once started. Its addictive powers stun all
normal, decent resistance within seconds. Not to be missed
*Sunday Times*
All that really needs to be said to recommend Unreliable Memoirs is
that James writes exactly as he talks, which is all his millions of
fans could wish
*Evening Standard*
James cannot find it within himself to write a dull paragraph
*The Times*
Very, very few of us have the gift of articulacy that was bestowed
on Clive James
*Independent*
Of James's jokes it is hard to find anything adequate to say. They
are so funny that you had better not read the book on a train,
unless you are unselfconscious about shrieking and snorting in
public. They are vivid, cumulative and full of surprises
*Observer*
Do not read this book in public. You will risk severe internal
injuries from trying to suppress your laughter. What's worse, you
can't put it down once started. Its addictive powers stun all
normal decent resistance within seconds. Not to be missed
*Sunday Times*
Unreliable Memoirs . . . is his prose masterpiece, and an example
of English comic writing that should be taught to schoolchildren
alongside the works of Evelyn Waugh and PG Wodehouse.
*Guardian*
One of the funniest - and, at times, most moving - books in the
language
*Sunday Times*
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