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Unreliable Memoirs
Unreliable Memoirs
James Clive (James Clive)
SERIA: Picador Classic SKU: VV1487656 ISBN: 9781447275480 Pages: 184 Paperback year: 2015 Publicher: Picador (Picador) Price: $54.75 ship 24-25
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| Аннотация к книге "Unreliable Memoirs" Told with Clive James's unassailable sense of humour and self-effacing charm, Unreliable Memoirs is a hilarious and touching introduction to the story of a national treasure. A million-copy bestseller, this classic memoir is a celebration of life in all its unpredictable glory. With an introduction by political satirist and journalist P. J. O'Rourke. I was born in 1939. The other big event of that year was the outbreak of the Second World War, but for the moment that did not affect me. In the first instalment of James's memoirs we follow the young Clive on his journey from boyhood to the cusp of manhood, when his days of wearing short trousers are finally behind him. Battling with school, girls, various relatives and an overwhelming desire to be a superhero, Clive's adventures growing up in the suburbs of post-war Sydney are hair-raising, uproarious and almost too good to be true… |