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y separately published work icon Falling Towards England : Unreliable Memoirs Continued single work   autobiography   humour  
Is part of Unreliable Memoirs Clive James , 1980 series - author autobiography (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Falling Towards England : Unreliable Memoirs Continued
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'‘When we got off the ship in Southampton in that allegedly mild January of 1962 I had nothing to declare at customs except goose-pimples under my white nylon drip-dry shirt.’

'In the first volume of Unreliable Memoirs, we said farewell to our hero as he set sail from Sydney Harbour, bound for London, fame and fortune. Finding the first of these proved relatively simple; the second two less so. Undaunted, Clive moved into a bed and breakfast in a Swiss Cottage where he practised the Twist, anticipated poetical masterpieces and worried about his wardrobe.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      Jonathan Cape ,
      1985 .
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      Extent: 192p.
      ISBN: 0224028227, 9780224028226
    • London,
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      Pan ,
      1985 .
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      Alternative title: Falling Towards England : Unreliable Memoirs II
      Extent: 192p.
      Reprinted: 1986
      ISBN: 0330294377
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      W. W. Norton ,
      1986 .
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      ISBN: 0393023605
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Always Unreliable : The Memoirs Clive James , London : Picador , 2001 Z946775 2001 selected work autobiography humour London : Picador , 2001 pg. 169-320
    • London,
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      Picador ,
      2013 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781743031278, 1743031270

Other Formats

  • Also braille and sound recording.
  • Also large print.

Works about this Work

y separately published work icon 'An Ecstasy of Self-Consciousness' : The Clive James Phenomenon - Literary and Television Persona R. C. A. Leahy , Canberra : 1989 Z1845584 1989 single work thesis After examining several of James's autobiographical and fiction works, Leahy concludes that 'television is the medium that suits the Clive James phenomenon the best. It is on television that the mask looks and sounds the best, but where we rarely see the "unreliable" ventriloquist, only the dummy.'
Phallus in Chunderland Lee Shrubb , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 30 no. 3 1986; (p. 84-85)

— Review of Falling Towards England : Unreliable Memoirs Continued Clive James , 1985 single work autobiography
Hopes and Failures of Clive James 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 December 1986; (p. 14)

— Review of Falling Towards England : Unreliable Memoirs Continued Clive James , 1985 single work autobiography
Gullible's Travels Maire Mannik , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , December no. 20 1985; (p. 22)

— Review of Falling Towards England : Unreliable Memoirs Continued Clive James , 1985 single work autobiography
Young Clive's Education Marion Halligan , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 December 1985; (p. B3)

— Review of Falling Towards England : Unreliable Memoirs Continued Clive James , 1985 single work autobiography
Gullible's Travels Maire Mannik , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , December no. 20 1985; (p. 22)

— Review of Falling Towards England : Unreliable Memoirs Continued Clive James , 1985 single work autobiography
Clive: Marx and Welles in One James Hall , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 3 December vol. 108 no. 5496 1985; (p. 99)

— Review of Falling Towards England : Unreliable Memoirs Continued Clive James , 1985 single work autobiography
Further Perils of Clive James Michael Shmith , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 December 1985; (p. 8)

— Review of Falling Towards England : Unreliable Memoirs Continued Clive James , 1985 single work autobiography
Mastering the Art of Falling Upwards Garry Woodard , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 November 1985; (p. 47)

— Review of Falling Towards England : Unreliable Memoirs Continued Clive James , 1985 single work autobiography
Young Clive's Education Marion Halligan , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 December 1985; (p. B3)

— Review of Falling Towards England : Unreliable Memoirs Continued Clive James , 1985 single work autobiography
y separately published work icon 'An Ecstasy of Self-Consciousness' : The Clive James Phenomenon - Literary and Television Persona R. C. A. Leahy , Canberra : 1989 Z1845584 1989 single work thesis After examining several of James's autobiographical and fiction works, Leahy concludes that 'television is the medium that suits the Clive James phenomenon the best. It is on television that the mask looks and sounds the best, but where we rarely see the "unreliable" ventriloquist, only the dummy.'
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Subjects:
  • London,
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    England,
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    c
    United Kingdom (UK),
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
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