num_pages: 349
description: Introduced by Julian Barnes, Reliable Essays is the definitive selection of Clive Jamess outstanding essays, chosen from thirty years of spellbinding prose. Including such classic pieces as his Postcard From Rome and his memorable observations on Margaret Thatcher, it also contains brilliantly funny examinations of characters like Barry Humphries, while elsewhere showcasing Jamess more reflective and analytical side. From Germaine Greer to Marilyn Monroe, from the nature of celebrity to German culpability for the Holocaust, Reliable Essays is an unmissable cultural index of the twentieth century.
language: English
title: Reliable Essays: The Best of Clive James
titlecomplete: Reliable Essays: The Best of Clive James
genres: Essays, Poetry, Literary Criticism, Criticism, Nonfiction, Australia
ratings_count: 150
publisher: Picador