Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James
A witty, self-deprecating portrait of postwar suburban childhood in Australia, this memoir follows an imaginative boy through eccentric family dynamics, schoolyard misadventures, and early infatuations with language and cinema, all shadowed by the loss of his father after the war. With dazzling metaphors and affectionate nostalgia, it explores how embarrassment, curiosity, and resilience forge a comic sensibility, culminating in a restless urge to leave home and seek a larger stage abroad.
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- Published
- 1980
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- Australian
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- Original Language
- English
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