About this title: Around a mysterious death is woven a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived trilogy of novels: "Fifth Business", often described as Robertson Davies' finest novel; "The Manticore", and "World of Wonders". Luring the reader down labyrinthine tunnels of myth, history and magic, "The Deptford Trilogy" provides an exhilarating antidote to a world from where 'the fear and dread and splendour of wonder have been banished. 'His books will be recognized with the very best works of this century' - "The New York Times" Book Review.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780140065008ISBN:0140065008
Description: Very Good. GREAT BOOK! MODERATE SHELF WEAR ON COVER, LIGHTLY AGED PAGES, NO MARKINGS IN TEXT. Description: FIFTH BUSINESS, a novel exploring notions of fate and identity, relates the complicated fortunes of four characters linked together by a snowball thrown on December 27, 1908: Boy Staunton (who threw it), Amasa Dempster (who was struck by it), Paul Dempster (who was born prematurely as a result), and Leola Cruikshank (who marries Staunton years later). THE MANTICORE concerns the confusion ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1985-11-06
ISBN-13:9780140065008ISBN:0140065008
Description: Good. Paperback. Chover shows minor edge wear, light creasing. Pages are light to moderately sunned to edges. No markings. spine is slightly sloped. Pages are bound tight. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780140065008ISBN:0140065008
Description: A good reading copy only. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. Light creases and wear to cover. -, Trade PaperBack, Good / read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0140147551 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
"I picked this up for about 10p in a pile of old books that were being sold off by my local library. What a bargain. I found each of the three volumes in this trilogy fascinating and epic."
"This is one of the must reads in my opinion. Davies' ability to weave the tales of three people affected by one accident is unequaled. There are so many levels to enjoy these books on."
"I will be forever indebted to my high school English teacher who had us read Fifth Business for our English class. I just re-read the trilogy and it just gets better with re-reading. The writing is clever and engaging and weaves a marvelous, almost mythical tale of one man's explorations of life, fate, religion, magic, psychiatry, and adventure."
"this book kept me interested all the way thru.. but the ending kind of petered out. i really loved reading about the circus sideshow. oh, that was brilliant."
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