The Manticore

Robertson Davies
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Overall rating: 4.0 / 5 from 2 reviews.

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  • Published date: Oct 13, 2015
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 272
  • Publisher: Penguin Canada
  • ISBN: 9780143194149
  • Dimensions: 5.05" W x 0.7" L x 7.7" H
“Davies’s Deptford Trilogy is one of the splendid literary enterprises of this decade.”
Newsweek

“Lucid, concise, beautifully phrased, rich in drama and in relentless penetration of character, this novel is a synthesis of narrative and idea that never ceases to be a superior entertainment as well.” 
Library Journal

“Davies shows once again . . . that even small-town Canadians can be intriguing.”
Toronto Star

“Davies’s books will be recognized with the very best works of the twentieth century.”
The New York Times Book Review

“Davies is one of the great modern novelists.”
—Malcolm Bradbury, The Sunday Times (London)

“Davies is a novelist whose books are thick and rich with humor, character and incident. They are plotted with skill and much flamboyance.”
The Observer (London)

“A mature and wise writer.”
—Anthony Burgess, The Sunday Times (London)

“Davies is a thoughtful, tasteful mediator in human affairs.”
Kirkus Reviews
ROBERTSON DAVIES (1913–1995) was born and raised in Ontario, and was educated at a variety of schools, including Upper Canada College, Queen’s University, and Balliol College, Oxford. He had three successive careers: as an actor with the Old Vic Company in England; as publisher of the Peterborough Examiner; and as university professor and first Master of Massey College at the University of Toronto.
 
He was one of Canada’s most distinguished men of letters, with several volumes of plays and collections of essays, speeches, and belles lettres to his credit. As a novelist, he gained worldwide fame for his three trilogies: The Salterton Trilogy, The Deptford Trilogy, and The Cornish Trilogy, and for later novels Murther & Walking Spirits and The Cunning Man.
 
He was the first Canadian to be made an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he was a Companion of the Order of Canada, and he received honorary degrees from twenty-six American, Canadian, and British universities.

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