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Clive James

Author of Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts

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Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts 643 copies, 14 reviews
Unreliable Memoirs: Autobiography (Picador Books) 539 copies, 5 reviews
Falling Towards England (Picador Books) 233 copies, 1 review
May Week Was in June 151 copies, 2 reviews
Brilliant Creatures (Picador Books) 122 copies
Flying Visits 116 copies, 1 review
Glued to the Box: Television Criticism from the "Observer", 1979-82… 97 copies
The Crystal Bucket: Television Criticism from the "Observer", 1976-79… 93 copies
North face of Soho 91 copies, 3 reviews
Snake Charmers in Texas 90 copies
Visions Before Midnight: Television Criticism from the "Observer", 1972-76 88 copies, 1 review
Always Unreliable 77 copies
The Meaning of Recognition: New Essays 2001-2005 70 copies, 2 reviews
Brrm Brrm 69 copies

Even as We Speak 66 copies

Clive James' Reliable Essays: The Best Of Clive James 56 copies

From the Land of Shadows (Picador Books) 52 copies

Fame in the 20th Century 50 copies, 1 review

The Silver Castle 49 copies, 1 review

The Dreaming Swimmer: Non Fiction, 1987-92 44 copies, 1 review

As of This Writing: The Essential Essays, 1968-2002 42 copies

The Blaze of Obscurity: Unreliable Memoirs V 41 copies

The Book of My Enemy: Collected Verse 1958-2003 40 copies, 1 review

The Remake 38 copies

Clive James on Television (Picador Books) 24 copies

The Metropolitan Critic 21 copies

The Revolt of the Pendulum: Essays 2005-2008 20 copies

At the Pillars of Hercules 13 copies

Other Passports: Poems, 1958-85 (Picador Books) 13 copies

Opal Sunset: Selected Poems, 1958-2008 12 copies, 1 review

First reactions: Critical essays 1968-1979 9 copies

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