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Young radical writer, David Bentley, who lives in a suitcase with a revolutionary actress, feels his horizons expanding when he meets Charlotte, bravely tolerant wife of ex-celebrity and adulterer Lancelot Windover. And so the farce goes on in Clive James' first novel.
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- y 'An Ecstasy of Self-Consciousness' : The Clive James Phenomenon - Literary and Television Persona 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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Clive James and the Peter Principle
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 28 no. 1-2 1984; (p. 136-137)
— Review of Brilliant Creatures : A First Novel 1983 single work novel -
Literary Soapie by a Brilliant Creature
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 September 1983; (p. 31)
— Review of Brilliant Creatures : A First Novel 1983 single work novel -
James's Brilliant Box of Tricks
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 October 1983; (p. 12)
— Review of Brilliant Creatures : A First Novel 1983 single work novel -
Clive James Pursues Love Stylishly
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 October 1983; (p. 15)
— Review of Brilliant Creatures : A First Novel 1983 single work novel ; The Colour Man 1983 single work novel
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A Third World with Nothing Worth Offering
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 December-3 January (1983-1984) vol. 103 no. 5397 1983; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Brilliant Creatures : A First Novel 1983 single work novel -
Clive James Pursues Love Stylishly
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 October 1983; (p. 15)
— Review of Brilliant Creatures : A First Novel 1983 single work novel ; The Colour Man 1983 single work novel -
James's Brilliant Box of Tricks
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 October 1983; (p. 12)
— Review of Brilliant Creatures : A First Novel 1983 single work novel -
Literary Soapie by a Brilliant Creature
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 September 1983; (p. 31)
— Review of Brilliant Creatures : A First Novel 1983 single work novel -
Clive James and the Peter Principle
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 28 no. 1-2 1984; (p. 136-137)
— Review of Brilliant Creatures : A First Novel 1983 single work novel - y 'An Ecstasy of Self-Consciousness' : The Clive James Phenomenon - Literary and Television Persona 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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Clive James: A Tale-Wagger of Two Cities
1983
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 August vol. 103 no. 5379 1983; (p. 35-36)
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