What I am reading now
A week ago I came across a sale in amazon.com for Robertson Davies' Fifth Business; one of my favorite books. I don't know why I bought it - since I already own a tattered copy, but it was just $1.99. So... I bought it. And in the little spare time I have had lately, I started re-reading. What a great novel. Robertson Davies is one of the greatest writers in the English language in the 20th Century.
Davies was a Canadian professor of Literature and Master of Massey College at the University of Toronto. While you can find his novels at any Borders or Barnes & Noble, Davies remains largely unknown in the U.S. What a shame. The Deptford Trilogy -- Fifth Business is the opening chapter in three separate, but related books that take involve the fictional town of Deptford, Ontario.
Read it. Now spoliers -- just start with the question "who killed Boy Staunton?" You won't regret it.
Davies was a Canadian professor of Literature and Master of Massey College at the University of Toronto. While you can find his novels at any Borders or Barnes & Noble, Davies remains largely unknown in the U.S. What a shame. The Deptford Trilogy -- Fifth Business is the opening chapter in three separate, but related books that take involve the fictional town of Deptford, Ontario.
Read it. Now spoliers -- just start with the question "who killed Boy Staunton?" You won't regret it.
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