Visions Before Midnight
06 April 2017
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
A hilarious time-capsule of 1970s television, Visions Before Midnight is the first collection of Clive James's much-loved, inimitable columns skewering the entertainment of the day.
'One of the few columnists who makes you laugh aloud' – Melvyn Bragg, Sunday Times
Clive James is the man who made TV criticism an entertainment in its own right, paving the way for writers like Charlie...
Details
06 April 2017
100 pages
9781509832446
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Clive James's television reviews are sufficiently potent to turn the pale glimmers on the set into something like a gaudily lit portable theatre of clacking wooden puppets speaking a splintered language which is instantly recognizable. His stunning pieces readjust horizontal and vertical holds almost before there is time to blink away the images that were actually transmittedDennis Potter, dramatist and writer of The Singing Detective