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If you like to read, read Clive James. He is perfectly at home discussing anything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to George Orwell, and his essays are just beaut
by m0nty 7y ago
If you like to read, read Clive James. He is perfectly at home discussing anything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to George Orwell, and his essays are just beautifully done.
Sadness that he died, but he knew it was coming, was grateful the sentence had been deferred for 10 years, and died at home surrounded by "his family and his books". A good end to a brilliant life.
I think this is his final interview:
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/qa/2019/11/clive-james-my-earliest-memory-roar-rain-my-back-yard https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/qa/2019/11/clive-james-...
- mikhailfranco 7y agoChronicles from a Death Foretold Fortunately also a Death Postponed.
- mikhailfranco 7y agoP.S. He hated magical realism - sorry Clive! The most overrated books almost all emerged simultaneously from a single genre: magic realism. I can’t stand it. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/05/clive-james-books-overrated-all-magic-realism https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/05/clive-james-bo...