The author describes his life after he became famous for "The Uses of Literacy" and found himself a "public person". This is the final volume of his autobiographical trilogy that also includes "A Local Habitation" and "A Sort of Clowning". The book tells of a life full of contrasts: the universities of Leicester and Birmingham, the "Lady Chatterley" trial, where he appeared for the defence, the beginnings of the Open University, his years at UNESCO and as warden of Goldsmith's College, London. But the heart of his life remained his family and it is to this that he returns in his conclusion.
- ISBN10 0701140151
- ISBN13 9780701140151
- Publish Date 19 March 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 January 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Chatto & Windus
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English