The book Back and Forth Forever; A Biography is an inciteful treatise on the life and experiences of Stephen Clements that portrays the individual in his Bildungsroman and formative development as a worthy cynosure of interest and admiration. He had lived in an unorthodox and Bohemian lifestyle as he progressed into a genuine and complete boulevardier and dilettante. Primordially disadvantaged, he did overcome debilitating and obtrusive obstacles that enabled him an exponentially and compensatory advantage as he dealt with his conflicts and inherit deficits by overachieving. His experiences are for the most part idiopathic as he has a vast knowledge and inner drive to pursue high ideals and a propensity for the unconventional. He strives for recognition and appreciation that he was ill-afforded.