BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE: MEMOIRS OF A LUCKY MAN. Fulford, Robert. Toronto, Collins, 1988. 256pp, cloth, $26.95. ISBN 0-00-215438-2. CIP Grades 8 and up Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Volume 17 Number 1 1989 January Robert Fulford could write a grocery list and make it interesting. Literally a man who needs no introduction, Fulford has written a memoir of a life spent at the heart of Canadian (viz. Toronto) culture. Bound to stir up some controversy, Fulford pulls no punches in calling a spade a pointed shovel. He takes the reader from his childhood friendship with Glenn Gould through his days at the Toronto Globe and Mail and Star, his editorship of Saturday Night, his acquaintanceship with luminaries such as Nathan Cohen. Marshal McLuhan and Margaret Atwood, up to his current work on the TVOntario program "Realities," and much, much more. The man, like the country, has been very busy. Thin on personal details but full of personal insight, the book is both a history and an analysis of almost everything important that has happened in CanCult over the last thirty years. It could have been better proofread and the illustrations are embarrassingly irrelevant, but the charm and clarity of Fulford's writing style are what make the book worthwhile reading, even when you don't know who or what he's talking about. Melanie Fogel, Ottawa, Ont.