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'For many people, Clive James will always be a TV presenter first and foremost, and a writer second - this despite the fact that his adventures with the written word took place before, during and after his time on the small screen. Nevertheless, for those who remember clips of Japanese endurance gameshows and Egyptian soap operas, Clive reinventing the news or interviewing Hefner and Hepburn, Polanski and Pavarotti, Clive's Postcards from Kenya, Shanghai and Dallas, or Clive James Racing Driver, Clive's rightful place does seem to be right there - on the box, in our homes, and almost one of the family.
'However you think of him, though, and whatever you remember him for, The Blaze of Obscurity is perhaps Clive's most brilliant book yet. Part Clive James on TV and part Clive James on TV, it tells the inside story of his years in television, shows Clive on top form both then and now, and proves - once and for all - that Clive has a way with words... whatever the medium.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: To the memory of Richard Drewett.
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Epigraph: All my clever dealings, he said to himself, have not made me happy. I remain a broken, restless man. -Stefan Zweig, Ungeduld des Herzens.
Fool, of thyself speak well. - Richard II, V, 5
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Works about this Work
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Shorter Notice
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: New Criterion , September vol. 29 no. 2010; (p. 73-74)
— Review of The Blaze of Obscurity : Unreliable Memoirs V 2009 single work autobiography -
Roth, Pinter, Berlin and Me
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: London Review of Books , 11 March vol. 32 no. 5 2010; (p. 23-24)
— Review of The Blaze of Obscurity : Unreliable Memoirs V 2009 single work autobiography -
Orwell in a Cheap Blue Suit
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , February vol. 5 no. 1 2010; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Blaze of Obscurity : Unreliable Memoirs V 2009 single work autobiography ; The Revolt of the Pendulum 2009 selected work essay criticism review correspondence -
Memoirs
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 1 January no. 5570 2010; (p. 27)
— Review of The Blaze of Obscurity : Unreliable Memoirs V 2009 single work autobiography -
Artist Perfects His Engineering Skills
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-20 December 2009; (p. 24-25)
— Review of The Blaze of Obscurity : Unreliable Memoirs V 2009 single work autobiography ; Opal Sunset : Selected Poems, 1958-2008 2008 selected work poetry
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Clive Gets Serious on Celebrity Culture
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 November 2009; (p. 16)
— Review of The Blaze of Obscurity : Unreliable Memoirs V 2009 single work autobiography -
[Review] The Blaze of Obscurity
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 November 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of The Blaze of Obscurity : Unreliable Memoirs V 2009 single work autobiography -
Artist Perfects His Engineering Skills
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-20 December 2009; (p. 24-25)
— Review of The Blaze of Obscurity : Unreliable Memoirs V 2009 single work autobiography ; Opal Sunset : Selected Poems, 1958-2008 2008 selected work poetry -
Memoirs
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 1 January no. 5570 2010; (p. 27)
— Review of The Blaze of Obscurity : Unreliable Memoirs V 2009 single work autobiography -
Orwell in a Cheap Blue Suit
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , February vol. 5 no. 1 2010; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Blaze of Obscurity : Unreliable Memoirs V 2009 single work autobiography ; The Revolt of the Pendulum 2009 selected work essay criticism review correspondence