May Week Was In June by Clive James

May Week Was In June by Clive James

Leaving London behind, the beloved author, poet and broadcaster Clive James heads to university in this third instalment of his hilarious, heartfelt memoirs.

Nobody writes like Clive James; he has invented a style* Spectator *
He turns phrases, mixes together cleverness and clownishness, and achieves a fluency and a level of wit that make his pages truly shimmer . . . May Week Was In June is vintage James. * Financial Times *

Clive James was the author of more than forty books. As well as essays, he published collections of literary and television criticism, travel writing, verse and novels, plus five volumes of autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, Falling Towards England, May Week Was In June, North Face of Soho and The Blaze of Obscurity. As a television performer he appeared regularly for both the BBC and ITV, most notably as writer and presenter of the Postcard series of travel documentaries. He published several poetry collections, including the Sunday Times bestseller Sentenced to Life, and a translation of Dante’s The Divine Comedy, which was also a Sunday Times bestseller. In 1992 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia and in 2003 he was awarded the Philip Hodgins memorial medal for literature. He held honorary doctorates from Sydney University and the University of East Anglia. In 2012 he was appointed CBE and in 2013, an Officer of the Order of Australia. He died in 2019.

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ISBN 13	9780330315227
ISBN 10	0330315226
Title	May Week Was In June
Author	Clive James
Series	Unreliable Memoirs
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2008-11-07
Number of pages	256
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