As I Remember It: A Feast of Anecdotes

David E. Kemp is professor emeritus of drama at Queen’s University.

In this memoir, Hugh Hamilton, a retired senior executive and officer of
Nortel, introduces readers to the people and places he encountered over
the course of his business travels around the world.

Anyone who has been to the Land of the Rising Sun will be able to
identify with Hamilton’s richly evoked Tokyo experiences, just as
anyone who has visited Switzerland can vouch for his insightful
portrayals of Swiss reticence (it took him five years to achieve
acceptance from a Swiss next-door neighbour) and fixation with banking.
The author’s descriptions of life in Ireland—and in particular his
ruminations on leprechauns—are among the book’s other highlights.

The fact that few of the people Hamilton encountered during his travels
were famous is of little consequence. What makes As I Remember It such
an engaging memoir is his knack for bringing those people to life, and
for infusing even the most routine situations with humour and an
infectious sense of joie de vivre.