The Dreaming Swimmer
08 May 2014Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Thoughtful and funny, this fifth collection of essays from much-loved critic and author Clive James covers the art, politics and culture of 1987–1992.
'A well-balanced show of wit, intellect and glorious observation' – Sunday Times
With work on writers as diverse as Philip Larkin, Primo Levi and Stevie Smith, performers as iconic as Frank Sinatra and Billy Connolly, and publishing events as...
Details
08 May 2014226 pages
9781447271468Imprint: Picador
Reviews
He writes like a prophet and he can satirise folly in high places with a touch as elegant as Oscar Wilde . . . There isn't a word wastedDaily Mail
A well-balanced show of wit, intellect and glorious observationSunday Times
No one wields a joke more punchily than he does. And the wide capacity for warmth towards all sorts of experience - from Billy Connolly to Primo Levi - is impressively exemplary in our culturally divided and divisive timesObserver
Very funny . . . breathtakingly good literary essays. Mr James is excellent on television - when he is on it, or reviewing itSunday Telegraph
