I was never alone except in the toilet where I soon found that locking myself into a cubicle was not much protection from hearing myself talked about by young men standing at urinals. (Jesus hes looking rough." " And its only Monday.") Reviews for Clive Jamess fourth volume of memoirs North Face of Soho included several that specifically requested a further volume; Clive James duly obliged & here in all its glory is Unreliable Memoirs V otherwise known as The Blaze of Obscurity. Perhaps his most brilliant book yet The Blaze of Obscurity tells the inside story of his years in television: part Clive James on TV & part Clive James on TV it shows Clive James on top form -- both then & now. In the case of many people who attempt an autobiography even a single volume is one too many.. . In the case of Clive James the volumes now in existence are too few. If the final tally puts him up there with Marcel Proust so much the better Financial Times"