The Blaze of Obscurity

The TV Years

Clive James

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Picador
04 October 2010

Television; Biography: general; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Biography - Australian

Series: Unreliable Memoirs

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 James reinventing the news or interviewing Hefner and Hepburn, Polanski and Pavarotti, his Postcards from Kenya, Shanghai and Dallas, or Clive James Racing Driver, his 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 his 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 James on top form both then and now, and proves - once and for all - that he has a way with words... whatever the medium.

By: Clive James
Imprint: Picador
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9780330457378
ISBN 10: 0330457373
Series: Unreliable Memoirs
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 04 October 2010
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Clive James is the author of more than thirty books, including four previous volumes of autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, Falling Towards England, May Week was in June and North Face of Soho. In 1992 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia and in 2003 he was awarded the Philip Hodgins memorial medal for literature.