Magic Lies
Subtitle: The Art of W.O. Mitchell
Contributors: Sheila Latham
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: August 18, 1997
Place of publication: Toronto
First sentence: As a study of academic literature and popular culture, Magic Lies is the first collection of essays that investigates the unusual versatility of W.O. Mitchell.
Description: As the author of one of Canada's all-time best-selling novels, Who Has Seen the Wind, W.O. Mitchell presents an unusual challenge to those who consider Canadian popular culture a contradiction in terms.  Magic Lies celebrates the range of this versatile author whose writing bridges the border between serious art and mass culture. It is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the sixty-year career of this important Canadian writer and how he has transformed the role of community storyteller into that of national mythologizer.