Description
| Product ID: | 9780330534390 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Point of View |
| Authors: | Author: Clive James |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | Biography and non-fiction prose, Prose: non-fiction, Humour, Humour |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An irreverent guide to to life in the 21st century from Clive James, beloved broadcaster, author and poet. <p><b>From the fierce and funny Clive James, this is Britain in the twenty-first century – from wheelie bins to plastic surgery, and from <i>Britain's Got Talent</i> to contemporary art.</b><br><br>Between 2007 and 2009, Clive James wrote and presented <i>A Point of View</i> for BBC Radio 4, providing hilarious and profound thoughts on the matters of the moment. In this volume are presented his original pieces – sixty in total – alongside previously unpublished postscripts.<br><br>Read along with Clive as he delves deep into television, Elizabeth Hurley, Harry Potter, the Olympic Games, Snoop Dogg and cane toads – and plenty more besides.<br><br><b>'Irreverent and funny, clever without being cynical and not afraid to flex his wits on anything and everything' – <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br>Clive James</b> (1939–2019) was a broadcaster, critic, poet, memoirist and novelist. His much-loved, influential and hilarious television criticism is available both in individual volumes and collected in <i>Clive James On Television</i>. His encyclopaedic study of culture and politics in the twentieth century, <i>Cultural Amnesia</i>, remains perhaps the definitive embodiment of his wide-ranging talents as a critic. <br><br><b>Praise for Clive James:<br><br>'The perfect critic' – A.O. Scott, <i>New York Times</i><br><br>'There can't be many writers of my generation who haven't been heavily influenced by Clive James' – Charlie Brooker <br><br>'A wonderfully witty and intelligent writer' – Verity Lambert </b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-11-08 |
