In the last book he completed before he died, Clive James offers a personal guide to the poems he found it impossible to forget.
'One of the most important and influential writers of our time'
Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times
'Few contemporary critics display the passionate commitment to the idea of poetry, and to the idea of poetry's centrality to civilized life, that James does'
John Banville, New York Review of Books
A deeply affecting book that blends autobiography with literary criticism, and is filled with James's trademark breezy erudition and wit . . . It is indeed
a joy to read, and savour.
