Unreliable Memoirs

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Unreliable Memoirs is Clive James’s acclaimed, humorous autobiographical book recounting his eccentric childhood and youth in Australia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiography
book
author Clive James NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Australia
describesEvent Clive James’s early attempts at writing
Clive James’s early life in Kogarah
Clive James’s school experiences
followedBy Falling Towards England NERFINISHED
genre autobiographical humour
memoir
hasForm prose
hasInfluenceOn modern comic memoirs in English
hasISBN 0224017940
hasPageCountApprox 200–250 pages
hasReception critical acclaim
hasSequel Falling Towards England NERFINISHED
May Week Was In June NERFINISHED
North Face of Soho NERFINISHED
The Blaze of Obscurity NERFINISHED
hasSubject family relationships
memory and recollection
personal identity
post-war Australia
hasTone ironic
nostalgic
satirical
intendedAudience adult readers
language English
literaryMovement contemporary literature
literaryStyle anecdotal
humorous
mainSubject Clive James NERFINISHED
childhood
youth
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor comic depiction of Australian childhood
wry self-deprecating tone
partOfSeries Clive James autobiographical series
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationYear 1980
publisher Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED
settingLocation Australia NERFINISHED
Sydney NERFINISHED
timePeriodDescribed mid-20th century
titleCharacter Clive James NERFINISHED

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Clive James notableWork Unreliable Memoirs