A POINT OF VIEW: The Book of the Radio Series.**

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£16.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,author's,colour portrait photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with grey+khaki lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or bumping,creasing to edges and corners - one tiny snick/closed tear to front,top edge towards spine/backstrip's gutter - no other nicks or tears present.Residual but small semi-circle partial cup ring to front panel of dw/dj - nearly blends into background.Top+fore-edges though slightly toned are bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked bronze gilt letters to spine/backstrip,immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-358pp [paginated] includes an introduction,some 60 of the author's scripts for his 10 minute Radio 4 show 'A Point of View' - a 10 minute nuanced, simple argument - each with a new Postscript,a conclusion; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and a contents list/table.
The BBC Radio 4 series 'A Point of View.' has been on the air since 2007.Over the years it's had a variety of presenters - including the national treasure that is Clive James - talking for ten minutes about anything and everything that has captured their imagination,piqued their interest,raised their blood pressure or jut downright incensed them that week.
Clive James was one of those favourite presenters,and now,for the first time,his original pieces - sixty in total - and all-new postscripts are collected together in one volume.
Read along with Clive James as he reflects on everything from wheelie bins to plastic surgery,Elizabeth Hurley to the Olympics, '24' to Damian Hirst,Harry Potter to giving up smoking,car parks to Chinese elections,Britain's Got Talent to the expenses scandal - and plenty more besides.
Essentially a chronicle of life in twenty-first century Britain,'A Point of View.' is informed and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking - but above all,entertaining.In fact,in short, it's a damn good read.
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