Full name: Reliable Essays: The Best of Clive James

Author: Clive James Year: 2001 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Essays Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads LibraryThing Amazon ISBNs: 9780330481304 0330481304

Introduced by Julian Barnes, Reliable Essays is the definitive choice of Clive James's essays, selected from thirty years of prose. Including classic pieces such as Postcard from Rome, and his observations on Margaret Thatcher, it contains funny examinations of characters like Barry Humphries, while elsewhere showcasing James's more reflective and analytical style. Similar books: Habitations of the Word by William H. Gass Hugging the Shore by John Updike Every Force Evolves a Form by Guy Davenport The Geography of the Imagination by Guy Davenport Due Considerations by John Updike Under the Sign of Saturn by Susan Sontag Otherwise Known as the Human Condition by Geoff Dyer Tests of Time by William H. Gass The War Against Cliche by Martin Amis Stranger Shores by J. M. Coetzee Odd Jobs by John Updike On grief and reason by Joseph Brodsky The Meaning of Recognition by Clive James The Hunter Gracchus by Guy Davenport Homage To Daniel Shays by Gore Vidal The Revolt of the Pendulum by Clive James Even As We Speak by Clive James Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy L. Sayers Six Memos for the Next Millennium by Italo Calvino