Clive Murphy - Brick Lane Books - Novels - Oral History

Clive Murphy was born in Liverpool in 1935. He was educated and brought up in Ireland where he qualified as a solicitor. In 1958 he emigrated to London. His 'Summer Overtures' was joint winner of Adam International Review's First Novel Award in 1972. 'Freedom for Mr. Mildew' & 'Nigel Someone' appeared to critical acclaim in one volume in 1975. A series of nine recorded autobiographies, as listed on this website, followed.

Of Clive Murphy's Oral Histories
Patrick Garland wrote:
"Marvellous work, full of vitality, humour, courage and street sadness."

And Ronald Blythe wrote:
"They are a marriage of art and artlessness, and a marriage that works. Their collective impact is extraordinary.... As mid-wife rather than ghost Clive Murphy, has delivered an eloquent child whose chatter has a way of slipping into revelation."

Since 1999, Clive Murphy has published six books of comic, often ribald, verse. The sixth, 'Heavenly Blue', was published in July 2009