Spotlighting an extraordinary career, this autobiography reviews the authorœs accomplishments workingand playingalongside some of Canadaœs greatest writers. These humorous chronicles relate the projects he brainstormed for writer Barry Broadfoot, how he convinced eventual Nobel Prize contender Alice Munro to keep writing short stories, his early morning phone call from a former Prime Minister, and his recollection of yanking a manuscript right out of Alistair MacLeodœs own reluctant handswhich ultimately garnered MacLeod one of the worldœs most prestigious prizes for fiction. Insightful and entertaining, this collection of tales provides an inside view of Canadian politics and publishing that is rarely revealed, going behind the scenes and between the covers to divulge a treasure trove of literary adventures.

Stephen Leacock 1869-1944 -- Hugh MacLennan 1907-1990 -- R.D. Symons 1898-1973 -- Harold Horwood 1923-2006 -- Barry Broadfoot 1926-2003 -- Morley Callaghan 1903-1990 -- W.O. Mitchell 1914-1998 -- Robertson Davis 1913-1995 -- Jack Hodgins 1938- -- James Houston 1921-2005 -- Charles Ritchie 1906-1995 -- Pierre Trudeau 1919-2000 -- Mavis Gallant 1922- -- Peter C. Newman 1929- -- Brian Mulroney 1939- -- Robert Hunter 1941-2005 -- Alistair MacLeod 1936- -- Paul Martin 1938- -- Peter Gzowski 1934-2002 -- Val Ross 1950-2008 -- Alice Munro 1931-.