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The Book of My Enemy
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Taking the very best, funniest and most heartfelt of his work from 1958–2003, The Book of My Enemy is the second volume of collected poems from much-loved poet, broadcaster and author of Unreliable Memoirs, Clive James.
'He rejoices in language, and he shows enormous skill in using it' – Sunday Telegraph
The poetry of Clive James achieved immediate notoriety on the...
Details
464 pages
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Reading these poems is like listening to a talking book, which infests the poems with personality, with that familiar braggadocio, that strictly upbeat delivery . . . The poems here have skip, insights, timing and agreeable passionIndependent
Page after page of The Book of My Enemy confirms James has the primary, sine qua non gifts of a poet. He rejoices in language, and he shows enormous skill in using itSunday Telegraph
If you are vacillating over whether a couple of bottles of pinot blanc might, in the short run, prove more fun than a poetry book, then just flick to the first page and the title poem of this volume. James writes with exquisite perception and surgical precision; he is a poet of powerful argument and emotional forceThe Times