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In the 1980s, Clive James found his way into full-time television. In The Blaze of Obscurity, his fifth book of memoir, he delivers the inside story. A hilarious, thoughtful, warts and all account of a life in the public eye.

'Clive James is an intellectual as well as a joker, a wise man as well as a wit' – Observer

As his fame grew, Clive James was never alone – except in the toilet. But there, cubicle walls provided little protection against young men, standing at urinals, talking behind his back:

Jesus, he's looking rough.

And it's only Monday.

Taking it in his stride and batting away accusations of selling out, Clive James was in television for the adventure. And an adventure it was. Rollicking through the end of one century and the beginning of the next, he interviews Hefner and Hepburn, Frank Sinatra and Françoise Sagan, Peter Ustinov ('even his nose could act') and Ronald R

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Clive James is an intellectual as well as a joker, a wise man as well as a wit. * Observer *

The Blaze of Obscurity The TV Years Unreliable

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      Publisher Pan Macmillan
      Published 6 August 2010
      ISBN-13 9780330457378
      978-0330457378
      ISBN-10 0330457373
      Also in:
      Biography Autobiography: arts and entertainment Autobiography: writers Entertainment Television

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In the 1980s, Clive James found his way into full-time television. In The Blaze of Obscurity, his fifth book of memoir, he delivers the inside story. A hilarious, thoughtful, warts and all account of a life in the public eye.

      'Clive James is an intellectual as well as a joker, a wise man as well as a wit' – Observer

      As his fame grew, Clive James was never alone – except in the toilet. But there, cubicle walls provided little protection against young men, standing at urinals, talking behind his back:

      Jesus, he's looking rough.

      And it's only Monday.

      Taking it in his stride and batting away accusations of selling out, Clive James was in television for the adventure. And an adventure it was. Rollicking through the end of one century and the beginning of the next, he interviews Hefner and Hepburn, Frank Sinatra and Françoise Sagan, Peter Ustinov ('even his nose could act') and Ronald R

      Trade Review
      Clive James is an intellectual as well as a joker, a wise man as well as a wit. * Observer *

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