{"product_id":"the-crystal-bucket","title":"Clive James: The Crystal Bucket [1982] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'His contribution to the art and enjoyment of TV criticism over the past ten years has been immense. His work is deeply perceptive, often outrageously funny and always compulsively readable'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Said the judges of the British Press Awards, in naming Clive James Critic of the Year for 1981. \u003ci\u003eThe Crystal Bucket\u003c\/i\u003e offers a further selection of his inimitable TV criticism for the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'C.J. didn't get where he is today just by being funny. He is humane, liberal and compassionate . . . What he writes is always pertinent and always witty . . We own him a deep debt of gratitude' Gavin Ewart, \u003ci\u003eListener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Few critics have a more unerring ear for woolliness and doubletalk or a more scathing and entertaining way of dealing with it' Lesley Garner, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'He is one of the most remarkable figures in British cultural life at the moment: a poet and gifted literary critic who is also genuinely liked by the mass audience' Michael Mason, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'One of the few columnists who make you laugh aloud . . . if there were angels he would be on their side: and that would certainly include Charlie's Angels' Melvyn Bragg, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James, Clive","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47796185596243,"sku":"XV80330267458","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-crystal-bucket","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}