Sentenced to Life

"There is an inevitable sadness to this moving collection. This being James, there are also moments of zinging energy and a sense of fun...James will remain in the present tense as those Japanese Maple's leaves continue to turn to flame." -Rebecca K. Morrison, Independent

In this new collection of "technically and emotionally heart-stopping poems" (Spectator)-including "Japanese Maple," which was published in The New Yorker to great acclaim-Clive James looks back over an extraordinarily rich...