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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
I heard an interview on NPR with Clive James and I was laughing all the way to work in the car. I ordered the book immediately online and have just began reading.
I love the disclaimer about reading in public, so true!
I love the disclaimer about reading in public, so true!
I had not read anything of Clive James's previously and now I think I'll have to look for some more.
This is a wonderful bit of autobiography and both immediately and throughout is outstanding in pace, energy and wit. It is really, really funny. Jokes come thick and fast and the constant self-deprecation, exaggeration and hyperbole makes for a consistently ridiculous but entertaining tone.
Like many very funny works, when it stops being funny it suddenly becomes more impactful than the average, oh-so-serious mulling over of one's crusty life choices. Admittedly this only happens for a few words at a time, but James's insights into his own character are sometimes very effective at making one reflect on one's own personality and what we do to those family that love us the most.
I would recommend this to anyone with a sharp tongue, anyone from Australia or anyone with a gobshite for a relative - and especially if you are a sharp tongued Australian gobshite yourself.
This is a wonderful bit of autobiography and both immediately and throughout is outstanding in pace, energy and wit. It is really, really funny. Jokes come thick and fast and the constant self-deprecation, exaggeration and hyperbole makes for a consistently ridiculous but entertaining tone.
Like many very funny works, when it stops being funny it suddenly becomes more impactful than the average, oh-so-serious mulling over of one's crusty life choices. Admittedly this only happens for a few words at a time, but James's insights into his own character are sometimes very effective at making one reflect on one's own personality and what we do to those family that love us the most.
I would recommend this to anyone with a sharp tongue, anyone from Australia or anyone with a gobshite for a relative - and especially if you are a sharp tongued Australian gobshite yourself.
Wonderful, funny book. A lot more like the Bash Street Kids than I expected. If like me you grew up seeing a lot of Clive James on TV, it's impossible not to imagine this in his voice (a good thing). It's a bonus if you imagine a middle-aged Clive James dressed in shorts, riding go-karts, getting caned by teachers etc. too.