The Crystal Bucket: Television Criticism from the "Observer", 1976-79 - Hardcover

James, Clive

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9780224018906: The Crystal Bucket: Television Criticism from the "Observer", 1976-79

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ISBN 10: 0224018906 ISBN 13: 9780224018906

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1981

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The Crystal Bucket: Television Criticism from the "Observer", 1976-79

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Critic of the Year, British Press Awards 1981

About the Author:

Clive James is the author of more than forty books. As well as essays, he has published collections of literary and television criticism, travel writing, verse and novels, plus five volumes of autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, Falling Towards England, May Week Was In June, North Face of Soho and The Blaze of Obscurity. As a television performer he appeared regularly for both the BBC and ITV, most notably as writer and presenter of the Postcard series of travel documentaries. His book Cultural Amnesia was widely noticed in all the English-speaking countries and is currently being translated into Chinese. His popular Radio 4 series A Point of View has been published in volume form. In 1992 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia and in 2003 he was awarded the Philip Hodgins memorial medal for literature. He holds honorary doctorates from Sydney University and the University of East Anglia. In 2012 he was appointed CBE.

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