![]() ![]() Later that evening she gives birth to a son, Paul, who grows up to be the world's greatest magician. on 27 December 1908, an errant snowball (with a stone tucked inside) strikes Mrs. Ten-year-old Dunstable Ramsay and his lifelong friend and enemy, Percy Boyd Staunton, quarrel because Staunton's "fine new Christmas sled would not go as fast as (Dunstable's) old One." When Dunstable sets off for home, Staunton begins to hurl taunts and then snowballs after the retreating boy. ![]() ![]() The novel begins with a blow to the head. Fascinated by myth and magic, he pursues saints, meets devils, explores illusion and reality, and finally, after sleeping with the devil, finds himself. In Fifth Business ¹ Dunstan Ramsay goes soul-searching. In The Deptford Trilogy the worlds of wonder within the human psyche make a triumphant return. It is a remarkable achievement.ĭavies has complained that "the fear and dread and splendour of wonder have been banished'' from the modern world. If you don't already have these titles separately, or in the one volume King Penguin edition ( The Deptford Trilogy, 1983), you'll want this book for your Canadian Literature collection. Robertson Davies' trilogy of novels - Fifth Business, The Manticore and World of Wonders - appears together in hardcover for the first time. ![]()
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