Who better to deliver a clever account of narrative within mass
media then a Globe & Mail columnist selected for the Massey
Lectures Series? I picked up this book because the title caught my
eye. The preface hooked me and I ended up reading the entire book
in a day because Robert Fulford is a great storyteller. I knew
little of Fulford before, but now I am a dedicated fan. The story
he tells passes through various stages and styles to deliver a
refreshing perspective on a topic usually over-simplified and
misunderstood. An important insight is that we interpret the world
around us as tales and fables. We understand complex emotions and
ideas through storytelling and exist within our own consciousness
as imaginative storytellers. Everybody has a story to tell and
everyone wants to feel that their story is just as relevant as
anyone else's. Perhaps we don't seek icons to worship, but are in
fact voyeurs in search of our own inner narratives to experience
safely as spectators.