A soap opera from hell : essays on the facts of life and the facts of death

by Clive Sinclair

This non-fiction collection is Clive Sinclair's responses in occasional writings to personal tragedy and public traumas. Contents include a piece on his appearance, Cabbage Face, to a description of his wife's death and an account of his kidney replacement operation.

272 pages, Paperback

About the author

British short-story writer and novelist.

Reviews

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

autobiographical sketches of a man who has too much tragedy in his life - his wife, father, mother and sister in law die, and he contracts renal disease. Nevertheless his fine writing stops it from being maudlin.