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'Provocative and informed' --Choice magazine
`This new anthology finds the veteran wit...reflecting on everything from wheelie bins to plastic surgery.' --Cambridgeshire Journal
`With an opinion on everything, Clive James is an expert conversationalist and critic...A Point of View includes smart and hilarious observations on topics such as Harry Potter, wheelie bins, plastic surgery, global warming, cycling and more...this is James at his entertaining best.' --Daily Express Weekend Books
'The talks read as well on the page as they sounded on the radio and, precisely because of the shortness of the pieces and the vague brief, the wanderings of James's mighty magpie mind become, in book form, an accidental autobiography. You learn as much about James the man in these pages as you do in any of his other book . . . he points out that a society "wouldn't be free if it weren't full of things we didn't like". Freedom costs but it costs a lot less than the alternatives. It also nurtures great souls and free spirits such as James.' --Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times
`This new anthology finds the veteran wit...reflecting on everything from wheelie bins to plastic surgery.' --Cambridgeshire Journal
`With an opinion on everything, Clive James is an expert conversationalist and critic...A Point of View includes smart and hilarious observations on topics such as Harry Potter, wheelie bins, plastic surgery, global warming, cycling and more...this is James at his entertaining best.' --Daily Express Weekend Books
'The talks read as well on the page as they sounded on the radio and, precisely because of the shortness of the pieces and the vague brief, the wanderings of James's mighty magpie mind become, in book form, an accidental autobiography. You learn as much about James the man in these pages as you do in any of his other book . . . he points out that a society "wouldn't be free if it weren't full of things we didn't like". Freedom costs but it costs a lot less than the alternatives. It also nurtures great souls and free spirits such as James.' --Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times
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The book of the radio series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy listening...,
This review is from: A Point of View (Hardcover)
When you write something that expresses a point of view you believe in, and you know full well it may not be all that popular, non-PC or politically contentious, there are certain journalists and broadcasters from whom it is well worth learning. Clive James is one of them, and in his book 'A Point of View' he shows you how to do it with grace, style and wit, while delivering a well aimed punch.However, for me he has one over-riding advantage when compared to say, Christopher Hitchens. In short, I can hear Clive James's voice in my mind saying the words as I read them, and that makes every word of his articles flow beautifully to their inevitable conclusion. However, having expressed his point of view in one of the many articles, what makes the book even more engaging is to then read what James feels about his particular subject or opinion now, with the benefit of hindsight. That addition is a masterstroke, as James can either turn up the volume, or row back a little in the light of subsequent events, and allow you as the reader to re-consider as well. I've always enjoyed James's way of talking with those antipodean intonations and nuances, without realising how deeply he feels about all sorts of subjects until I heard him on Radio 4. The book is a gem and one of the most engaging and mind-broadening books you'll ever read. And for that, Mr James, we should all be eternally thankful.
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This review is from: A Point of View (Hardcover)
My guess (though not my hope) is that the people who love this book will be old enough to remember Clive James' TV reviews in The Observer all those years ago, when the world seemed to make some sort of sense some of the time. Reading his radio essays is like meeting an old friend who still shares with you a sense of confusion as to what we have come to. His opinions are fluid, precisely formed and, most of the time, funny. (Why do I laugh so much when he bumps his head bringing out the table extension or taking in the coal? Probably because, although I don't know him, I consider him a mate). My favourite bits are the references that I recognise in myself - the evils of addiction to nicotine, the messy desk and office - but all of these essays deserve a few quiet minutes under that eco-friendly LED reading lamp that gives you a headache as you struggle to see the words. A friend met Clive James once and didn't like him at all. I reckon that one of them must have just been in a bad mood.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book for dipping into,
By Diana Foster (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Point of View (Hardcover)
I enjoyed hearing these 'Points of View' when they were broadcast on Radio 4 and its been great to re-visit them. There are 60 scripts/essays - each about 6 pages long - and so it makes a great book for dipping into.Clive isn't very well at the moment - he has leaukemia and is being treated at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge. But this book is a testament to the great talent that he is/was. He's now taken up TV criticsm again and his column appears in 'The Daily Telegraph' every Saturday. His early writing is also worth looking at - the first few volumes of 'Unreliable Memoirs' and his early (say pre-1990) poetry which you can find in 'Other Passports.' After about 1990 his poetry becomes much less accessible. Also, avoid his collections of essays unless you have a PhD in Eng Lit! Keep up the good work Clive.
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