Cover of Reach for the Ground: The Downhill Struggle of Jeffrey Bernard

Reach for the Ground: The Downhill Struggle of Jeffrey Bernard

This collection is the best of Jeffery Bernard's Low Life contributions to The Spectator, a column which was once described as a suicide note in weekly installments. Bernard tells the tale of his life, loves and failures over forty years.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 160 pages

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