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Reliable Essays
The Best of Clive James
2001
First Published
3.95
Average Rating
369
Number of Pages
Introduced by Julian Barnes, Reliable Essays is the definitive selection of Clive Jamess outstanding essays, chosen from thirty years of spellbinding prose. Including such classic pieces as his Postcard From Rome and his memorable observations on Margaret Thatcher, it also contains brilliantly funny examinations of characters like Barry Humphries, while elsewhere showcasing Jamess more reflective and analytical side. From Germaine Greer to Marilyn Monroe, from the nature of celebrity to German culpability for the Holocaust, Reliable Essays is an unmissable cultural index of the twentieth century.
Avg Rating
3.95
Number of Ratings
161
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Author

Clive James
Clive James
Author · 45 books

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. An expatriate Australian broadcast personality and author of cultural criticism, memoir, fiction, travelogue and poetry. Translator of Dante.

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