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There isn't a Canadian in the last fifty years who hasn't heard or heard of Gordon Sinclair. His is one of the longest, most remarkable careers ever enjoyed by a Canadian newsperson - in newspapers and magazines, on radio and television. He's won admiration and scorn, respect and derision as the most controversial, most listened-to and most-talked-about media figure ever to let loose with a volley of outrage or bless with a bouquet of praise. His memoirs - as outspoken, garrulous, and entertaining as the man himself - are alive with the people and places he's known, hated, and loved around the world and back again. They are filled with anecdotes and attitudes he hasn't had the time to get into print before now. Here are his early years on the Toronto Star with Morley Calaghan, Ernest Hemingway, and Greg Clark. Here are his trips to bizarre and exotic places: Istanbul, Devil's Island, Cuba, China, and others. Through Sinclair's eyes, the world sees every Canadian Prime Minister from Mackenzie King on, sees Mussolini, Hitler, Gandhi, the Vanderbilts, E.P. Taylor, the Duke of Windsor - all people that Sinclair has met and talked to. Anecdotal, nostalgic, witty, opinionated, his memoirs make high-flying reading.