Sentenced to Life
22 September 2016Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Collecting poetry written in the years 2011–2014, Sentenced to Life sees Clive James look back over his extraordinarily rich life with a clear-eyed and unflinching honesty.
After falling dangerously ill in 2010, Clive James did not expect to live to see this volume published. But live he did, and these poems see James writing with his insight and energy not only...
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22 September 201680 pages
9781447284055Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Many of these poems are an appeal to the heart, and in particular to the heart of his wife. The collection’s defining quality is gallantry and it is this that makes it so movingObserver
Clive James is courageously fighting his dark future with that most powerful of weapons: poetry. He may lose the battle but his words will lingerDaily Express
