Dimensions
130 x 198 x 11mm
The sequal to 'Unreliable Memoirs'.
When we last met Clive James in 'Unreliable Memoirs' he had set sail from Sydney Harbour bound for London, fame and fortune. Idealistic and uncompromising, if short on cash, he planned to engage himself in a low-paying menial job by day and to compose poetical masterpieces by night. Having promised himself he would never succumb to such stop-gap occupations as publishing or advertising, he was happily unsuccessful in landing a job in either - at least initially. Positions with London Transport and as a wine expert were likewise denied him.
Scarcely daunted, he moved purposefully beyond the "Valley of the Kangaroos" (otherwise known as Earls Court) into a bed and breakfast in Swiss Cottage where he thoughtfully practised the Twist in his room, anticipated the poetical masterpieces and worried a little about his wardrobe. Already movie mad, he goes opera mad and persists in his efforts to drive young women mad. No one else could have captured the absurdities and sublimities of the early Sixties of the rigours of being an alien in the motherland with such aplomb.
