Penguin, Toronto, 1998, 4^th pr.  ISBN 0-14-025988-0.  Trade soft cover, 546 pages including Notes, Acknowledgments, and Index.  Unread copy with light curl to covers, not remaindered.  ‘In this startling and controversial book, John Ralston Saul confronts the myths and realities of Canada, building his reflections on the words of our novelists, poets, historians, songwriters, philosophers, painters and most visionary political figures.  With a balance of realism and optimism, he convinces us that a country that is first and foremost an idea of a country is not merely a theoretical or utopian ideal.’ (from rear wrap)