The Spectator

Shelf Life: Jeremy Clarke

Jeremy Clarke, our Low Life correspondent, has sobered up to answer our impertinent questions this week. His latest book, One Middle Aged Man in Search of The Point, is available in hardback.

1) What are you reading at the moment?


Classic Crews: A Harry Crews Reader


2) As a child, what did you read under the covers?


Richmal Crompton, E Nesbit

3) Has a book ever made you cry, and if so which one?


No book has so far, but a Dickens journalism piece called A



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