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Falling Towards England

- More Unreliable Memoirs
Af: Clive James Engelsk Paperback

Falling Towards England

- More Unreliable Memoirs
Af: Clive James Engelsk Paperback
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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'' – Ian Hamilton, London Review of Books


Waving goodbye to Sydney, Clive James arrives in 1960s England with nothing much besides the clothes on his back, in search of fame and fortune. Idealistic and uncompromising, if short on cash, he plans to get a low-paying menial job by day and compose poetical masterpieces by night. London is beginning to swing, but our hero is flat broke. The menial job proves elusive, with steady employment as hard to find as a room of his own.

In a succession of more or less unsatisfactory digs, which include a bedsit, a barge, and a large paper bag, he attempts to stay warm, knuckle down, practise the Twist, plan those poetical masterpieces and improve his unsatisfactory wardrobe. Reflecting on these years, Clive is at his erudite and hilarious best.

Falling Towards England is the second book of memoir from Clive James. Continue his story with May Week Was In June.

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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'' – Ian Hamilton, London Review of Books


Waving goodbye to Sydney, Clive James arrives in 1960s England with nothing much besides the clothes on his back, in search of fame and fortune. Idealistic and uncompromising, if short on cash, he plans to get a low-paying menial job by day and compose poetical masterpieces by night. London is beginning to swing, but our hero is flat broke. The menial job proves elusive, with steady employment as hard to find as a room of his own.

In a succession of more or less unsatisfactory digs, which include a bedsit, a barge, and a large paper bag, he attempts to stay warm, knuckle down, practise the Twist, plan those poetical masterpieces and improve his unsatisfactory wardrobe. Reflecting on these years, Clive is at his erudite and hilarious best.

Falling Towards England is the second book of memoir from Clive James. Continue his story with May Week Was In June.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 176
ISBN-13: 9780330294379
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0330294377
Udg. Dato: 7 nov 2008
Længde: 12mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Pan Macmillan
Oplagsdato: 7 nov 2008
Forfatter(e): Clive James
Forfatter(e) Clive James


Kategori London, Greater London


ISBN-13 9780330294379


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 176


Udgave


Længde 12mm


Bredde 130mm


Højde 197mm


Udg. Dato 7 nov 2008


Oplagsdato 7 nov 2008


Forlag Pan Macmillan

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