Falling Towards England
Clive James
07 November 2008
9780330294379176 pages
Synopsis
In the first volume of Clive James's autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, we said farewell to our hero as he set sail from Sydney Harbour, bound for London, fame and fortune. Finding the first of these proved relatively simple; the second two less so. Undaunted, Clive moved into a bed and breakfast in a Swiss Cottage where he practised the Twist, anticipated poetical masterpieces and worried about his wardrobe . . .
Falling Towards England is the entertaining and erudite second part in Clive James' life story, which he continues in May Week Was in June, North Face of Soho and The Blaze of Obscurity.
A comic triumph, full of terrific jokes and brilliantly sustained setpieces.Ian Hamilton, London Review of Books
James’ wickedly funny jokes and jibes make you laugh out loud and feel warm to the man. No wonder women wanted to feed him greens, and men lend him money.The Times
Books by Clive James
The Fire of Joy
The River in the Sky
Cultural Amnesia
The Complete Unreliable Memoirs: Volume One
The Complete Unreliable Memoirs: Volume Two
Somewhere Becoming Rain
Injury Time
Brrm! Brrm!
Flying Visits
Glued To The Box
Other Passports
Clive James On Television
Visions Before Midnight
Poetry Notebook
Sentenced to Life
Collected Poems
Gate of Lilacs
Opal Sunset
From the Land of Shadows
The Divine Comedy
Unreliable Memoirs
The Crystal Bucket
The Dreaming Swimmer
At the Pillars of Hercules
The Metropolitan Critic
The Remake
Even As We Speak
The Book of My Enemy
The Meaning of Recognition
Reliable Essays
Brilliant Creatures
Snakecharmers In Texas
A Point of View
Nefertiti in the Flak Tower
Angels Over Elsinore
The Blaze of Obscurity
The Revolt of the Pendulum
May Week Was In June
Falling Towards England
North Face of Soho
The Artificial Horizon
Cultural Amnesia
Poems From The Book of My Enemy
Always Unreliable