This is the second volume of Brian Sewell's scandalous and haunting memoir. The first instalment ended in 1967 - after exploring Sewell's childhood, adolescence and early adulthood - this next chapter charts his path to becoming, as the 'Spectator' noted, 'Surely the funniest art critic of our time'.

This biography throws new light on a character, whose interests encompassed art, architecture, morality, criticism, literature, the environment, education, the changes that he saw overtaking the climate and a new political order for the working man.