Synopsis
Spanning fifty years of work, Collected Poems sees Clive James make his own rich selection from across his exceptional career in poetry.
From his debut collection in 1986 to his dazzling achievements in the 2010s, Clive James steadily built his reputation as one of the nation's best-loved and most highly-acclaimed poets. In this selection, made by the author himself, the very...
Details
21 April 2016560 pages
9781509812400Imprint: Picador
Reviews
James writes with exquisite perception and surgical precision; he is a poet of powerful argument and emotional forceThe Times
A writer whose commanding voice contains a constant variety of colour and toneRobert McCrum, Observer
After writing poems for 50 years, his technique is deft and assuredIndependent on Saturday
He is a unique figure, a straddler of genres and a bridger of the gaps between high and low culture. He will be seen, I think, as one of the most important and influential writers of our timeBryan Appleyard, Sunday Times
