Low Life: One Middle-Aged Man in Search of the Point
Low Life: One Middle-Aged Man in Search of the Point
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Memoirs of the Low Life columnist Jeremy Clarke.
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Low Life: One Middle-Aged Man in Search of the Point by Jeremy Clarke
Two O levels. Three convictions for smash and grab in off licenses. Two for drunk driving. One for possession of amphetamine sulphate. General labouring and factory work. Attended charismatic Baptist church. Made girlfriend pregnant. Resigned from job as refuse collector, resigned church membership, returned library books, sold house, went to the Democratic Republic of Congo, then known as Zaire. Came back altered. Conscious decision to join bourgeoisie. Night classes for a year in Torquay, then three at School of Oriental and African Studies in London and the Institute of Kiswahili, Zanzibar. Reviewed book by the late, great Dr Brian Plummer on ferret husbandry for University College London student literary magazine. Taken on by legendary editor Dr Karl Miller as his latest great white hope . Book deal. Fifty grand advance. Spent advance. Failed to write book. Now, author of the Low Life column in the Spectator. 53 years old and a grandfather. Unmarried. Currently coughing and sneezing in a remote cottage on Dartmoor. Meet Jeremy Clark...
Frankly, I'm envious.. a masterpiece of comic timing... worthy of Evelyn Waugh... his self-revelations are eyebrow-raising in their fearlessness * Spectator *
"Full of off-colour colour, Clarke is a charming, modest and thoughtful writer". * Telegraph - Book of the Year *
"Full of off-colour colour, Clarke is a charming, modest and thoughtful writer". * Telegraph - Book of the Year *
Jeremy Clark has been a columnist for Prospect (1995-2000), the Independent on Sunday (1996-98) and the Spectator, where he has been writing the Low Life column since the death of Jeffrey Barnard in 2000. He remains an undiscovered talent.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781907595516 |
| ISBN 10 | 1907595511 |
| Title | Low Life: One Middle-Aged Man in Search of the Point |
| Author | Jeremy Clarke |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2011-11-03 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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