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US,slim,small 8vo wraps,p/back 1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.Although a US publisher,this edn is printed in UK,Hobbs the Printers Ltd.,Totton,Hampshire.There was also a US,HB published edn] FINE+.No owner inscrptn,no price removal to cover - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,matt,author's colour photographic portrait illustrated front cover with red+white lettering,rear cover with critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim,small 8vo wraps,p/back 1st edn,viii-ixpp+ 1-180pp [paginated] includes reverse page of contents list/table, acknowledgements,author's introduction,29 essays; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,personal dedication (to his doctors and nurses at Addenbrooke's Hospital,Cambridge,UK),and the first page of contents list/table, and title separator page.
In 2010,esteemed literary critic Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia.Bringing together his reflections on his children,his final reading list,and his own impending death,this thoughtful and erudite volume is a moving farewell from one of the great thinkers of our time.
Deciding that "if you don't know the exact moment when the lights will go out,you might as well read until they do," James moved his library to his house in Cambridge,where he would "live,read,and perhaps even write."
James is the award-winning author of dozens of works of literary criticism,poetry,and history,and this volume contains his reflections on what may well be his last reading list.
A look at some of James's old favorites as well as some of his recent discoveries, this book also offers a revealing look at the author himself, sharing his evocative musings on literature and family,and on living and dying.
As thoughtful and erudite as the works of Alberto Manguel,and as moving and inspiring as Randy Pausch's 'The Last Lecture' and Will Schwalbe's 'The End of Your Life Book Club',this valediction to James's lifelong engagement with the written word is a captivating valentine from one of the great literary minds of our time.
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