This title combines autobiographical with philosophical material in such a way as to harmonize with the author's customary approach to anything remotely resembling an autobiography which, as on previous occasions, could not materialize were it not for his ongoing or, in this instance, well-nigh consummate commitment to philosophy, which has always been his raison d' tre for writing and therefore justification for anything else, including autobiography, as though he were the reverse of Henry Miller. In this project the combination of the two approaches to literature is brought to a veritable apotheosis, and it would be no surprise if this paradoxically turned out to be Mr O'Loughlin's best example yet of this hybrid genre - a fitting climax to a unique vocation. - A Centretruths editorial