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Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 Glued to the Box : Television Criticism From The Observer 1979-82
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'A collection of the Australian-born writer's TV criticism published in the London Observer during the period between 1979 and 1982. This is a paperback edition of a volume first published by Jonathan Cape in 1983. Clive James' earlier volumes of TV criticism include Visions Before Midnight (1977 & 1981) and The Crystal Bucket (1983). They have been published in a single volume with a new introduction and index as Clive James on Television (1991).' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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All the Anthonys, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 37-39)
Quite Slim Indeed, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 40-42)
St Vitus's Gospel, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 43-46)
Santa and the Seed, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 46-49)
Scoop It!, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 49-51)
Face Your Dog, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 51-53)
Ultimately and Forever, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 53-56)
Cold Gold, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 56-59)
Washed-up Cat, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 59-62)
Woodhouse Walkies, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 62-65)
Tanya Talks Russian, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 65-67)
Three Famous, Three High, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 68-70)
Your Brain's Got It Wrong, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 71-73)
Nude Bathing in Britain, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 74-76)
Moral Imagination, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 77-79)
All Fingers and Toes, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 79-82)
Oodnadatta Fats, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 83-85)
How Do You Feel?, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 85-88)
Master Stroke, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 88-91)
Someone Shart JR, Clive James , single work criticism (p. 91-94)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      Extent: 280p.
      ISBN: 0224020668, 9780224020664
    • London,
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      image of person or book cover 9039297257754602078.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 280p.
      ISBN: 0330281747
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Clive James on Television Clive James , London : Picador , 1991 Z1057495 1991 selected work criticism prose 'For the first time in one volume all Clive James's treasured TV criticism, originally written for The Observer between the years 1972 and 1982. From the 1972 Olympics to the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, here is a decade of the most trenchant, witty and thought-provoking criticism of any kind, with a foreword from Clive James himself, described as 'the funniest man in Britain'.' (Publication summary) London : Picador , 1991
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