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Opal Sunset : Selected Poems, 1958-2008 by James, Clive is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Opal Sunset Gathers Together Fifty Years Of Clive Jamesʹs Poetry, And Will Undoubtedly Enhance His Reputation As One Of The Most Versatile And Accomplished Of Contemporary Writers. Indeed -- As With Other Passports, The Book Of My Enemy And Angels Over Elsinore Before It -- Opal Sunset Proves Clive James To Be As Well Suited To The Intense Demands Of The Poetic Form As He Is To Prose. Readers New To His Verse Will Not Be Surprised To Find Him A Master Of The Comic Set-piece And Surreal Excursion, While Those Who Are Familiar With His Previous Collections Will Already Be Aware Of His Fluency And Apparently Effortless Style, His Technical Skill And Thematic Scope. Ultimately, However, The Highest Recommendation One Can Give Is That Clive James Is, In These Poems, Unmistakably Himself -- An Assured And Dazzling Wordsmith. The Book Of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered -- Sack Artist -- A Gesture Towards James Joyce -- Thoughts On Feeling Carbon-dated -- Johnny Weissmuller Dead In Acapulco -- Will Those Responsible Come Forward? -- Echo Echo Echo -- The Anchor Of The Sirius -- The Ferry Token -- A Valediction For Philip Larkin -- Jet Lag In Tokyo -- What Happened To Auden -- Last Night The
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- Author
- James, Clive
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Co.; W.W. Norton
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393067071
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.89 / 5 (26 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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