N3/Brilliant Creatures" /by Clive James/uSED/cond C/Yellow age
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Brilliant Creatures" is the debut novel by the renowned Australian-born critic, poet, and broadcaster Clive James, first published in 1983.
Key Details About the Novel
Genre & Theme: It is a sharp, fast-paced, and hilarious satire of the London literary and media scene during the 1980s. The story exposes an incestuous network of publishers, journalists, and media figures.
Plot: The narrative revolves around Lancelot Windhover, a man who was once famous a very long time ago. When his extramarital affair stands on the verge of being exposed in a prominent gossip column, he finds a strange form of consolation in simply being remembered by the public. The novel unfolds into a farce involving a young radical writer named David Bentley and Lancelot's fiercely tolerant academic wife, Charlotte.
Literary Nuance: True to Clive James’s polymath nature, the book includes a fictional set of mock critical notes from a character named Peter C. Bartelski—a university don. The book's title itself is derived from a line in W.B. Yeats’s famous poem, The Wild Swans at Coole.
Key Details About the Novel
Genre & Theme: It is a sharp, fast-paced, and hilarious satire of the London literary and media scene during the 1980s. The story exposes an incestuous network of publishers, journalists, and media figures.
Plot: The narrative revolves around Lancelot Windhover, a man who was once famous a very long time ago. When his extramarital affair stands on the verge of being exposed in a prominent gossip column, he finds a strange form of consolation in simply being remembered by the public. The novel unfolds into a farce involving a young radical writer named David Bentley and Lancelot's fiercely tolerant academic wife, Charlotte.
Literary Nuance: True to Clive James’s polymath nature, the book includes a fictional set of mock critical notes from a character named Peter C. Bartelski—a university don. The book's title itself is derived from a line in W.B. Yeats’s famous poem, The Wild Swans at Coole.
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