Unreliable Memoirs
- ISBN-10
- 0393336085
- ISBN-13
- 9780393336085
- Series
- Unreliable Memoirs
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 222
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-05-18
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Clive James
Description
Nearly 30 years ago, James wrote a refreshingly candid book that made no claims to be accurate, precise, or entirely truthful, only to entertain. Long unavailable in the U.S., "Unreliable Memoirs" is being made available to American readers.
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