Stephen Fry invites readers to take a glimpse at his life story in the unputdownable "More Fool Me." "Oh dear, I am an arse. I expect there'll be what I believe is called an 'intervention' soon. I keep picturing it. All my friends bearing down on me and me denying everything until my pockets are emptied. Oh, the shame."

In his early thirties, Stephen Fry - writer, comedian, star of stage and screen - had, as they say, 'made it.' Much loved in "A Bit of Fry and Laurie," "Blackadder," and "Jeeves and Wooster," author of a critically acclaimed and bestselling first novel, "The Liar," with a glamorous and glittering cast of friends, he had more work than was perhaps good for him. What could possibly go wrong? Then, as the 80s drew to a close, he discovered a most enjoyable way to burn the candle at both ends and took to excess like a duck to breadcrumbs. Writing and recording by day, and haunting a nev.