{"product_id":"may-week-was-in-june-9780330315227","title":"May Week Was In June","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is the middle of the Swinging Sixties, and Clive James doesn't have much to show for it. \u003ci\u003eMay Week Was In June\u003c\/i\u003e is the third hilarious, tender instalment of memoir from the iconic author, poet and broadcaster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Nobody writes like Clive James' – \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArriving at Cambridge University in a cold October in 1964, the young Clive James has yet to find a footing in the literary world. His move from Sydney and three years of hand-to-mouth existence in London has produced nothing but a handful of unpublished poems. Pembroke College Cambridge offers a way out, if not up . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIgnoring the curriculum, he throws himself into writing songs, performing and film reviewing. “If something was irrelevant, I could do it.” He takes Footlights to the Edinburgh Fringe, writes for the New Stateman and works on \u003ci\u003eExpresso Drongo\u003c\/i\u003e, arguably the worst film ever screened at the NFT . He finds a lifelong passion in criticism, con\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNobody writes like Clive James; he has invented a style. * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eHe turns phrases, mixes together cleverness and clownishness, and achieves a fluency and a level of wit that make his pages truly shimmer . . . \u003ci\u003eMay Week Was In June\u003c\/i\u003e is vintage James. * Financial Times *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401788072279,"sku":"9780330315227","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/may-week-was-in-june-9780330315227","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}