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Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time

`One stupendous starburst of wild brilliance` SIMON SCHAMA `Aphoristic and acutely provocative: a crash course in civilization` J. M. COETZEE Organized from A through Z, and containing over 100 essays, Cultural Amnesia is the ultimate guide to the twentieth century. `This is a beautiful book. James proves himself not only to be in possession of a towering intellect, but a singular ability to communicate his passions` Observer `Witty, insightful and unashamedly erudite, the book is a superb miscellany of 20th-century cultural and political subjects` The Sunday Times `Over the past forty years James has been scribbling notes in the margins of the books he has read …and this is the result. Clever, contentious and funny` Guardian `An eclectic journey through the 20th century, as Clive James explores the careers of luminaries such as Charles de Gaulle and Charlie Chaplin` Daily Express

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