 Writer Peter C. Newman concluded that " Stursberg 's rage dominates his crackling autobiography - as does his grief for the lost network 's unfulfilled promise . " Columnist Martin Knelman , in the Toronto Star , advised , " Don 't expect a balanced account of the troubles that brewed . This is strictly the Gospel According to Richard - entertaining but also blatantly self @-@ serving . ... He had no appetite for compromise , consensus or conciliation . He seemed to relish the chance to shock people , make them angry and create dramatic showdowns . Now with this book , he seizes the chance to attack those who stood in his way . " Knelman found the best parts were " the passages where he goes after his perceived enemies with a hatchet " , while Newman found " the volume 's most devastating profile [ to be ] that of CBC president Hubert Lacroix " . 
