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Davies, Robertson Leaven of Malice
Penguin July 31, 1980 0-14-005433-2 / 9780140054330 Paperback Very Good
The second novel by the redoubtable Robertson Davies begins with a false en gagement notice placed in the Salterton Evening Bellman. This "leaven of ma lice" is aimed at only three people -- a junior English instructor, the sub dued daughter of a domineering professor, and the anxiety-ridden Bellman ed itor -- but before it has ceased to work, it has permanently changed the li ves of man Salterton citizens.
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Davies, Robertson Lyre of Orpheus, The (Cornish Trilogy)
Penguin January 1, 1990 0-14-011433-5 / 9780140114331 Paperback Good
Old fans will be delighted, and new readers intrigued, as characters from D avies's The Rebel Angels ( LJ 1/1/82) and What's Bred in the Bone reappear in this demanding but worthwhile third volume of "The Deptford Trilogy." Wi th his wonderfully complex yet controlled plot, deft portrayal of eccentric characters, and great wit, Davies effectively satirizes the world of unive rsities and foundations. Members of the Cornish Foundation are forced by Fr ancis Cornish's nephew Arthur into funding the doctoral project of abrasive prodigy Hulda Schnackenburgthe completion and production of E.T.A. Hoffman 's opera Arthur of Britain , or, The Magnificent Cuckold. Soon the characte rs' lives begin to resemble the opera's plot, and the spirit of Hoffman in Limbo, who observes "Let the lyre of Orpheus open the door of the underworl d of feeling," complicates the action all to the reader's delight.
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Davies, Robertson Murther and Walking Spirits
Penguin Books Ltd September 24, 1 0-14-015932-0 / 9780140159325 Paperback Very Good+
The unexpected conceit devised by the author of the Deptford trilogy will s urprise but likely not disappoint his fans. Shortly into the first chapter, narrator Connor Gilmartin, entertainment editor for a Canadian newspaper, is killed by his wife's lover, the paper's unctuous film critic, after comi ng upon the pair in his marital bed. Gil is astonished to find himself invi sibly present at the scene, observing the craven retreat of the critic and his wife's subsequent tale to the police about her husband's fight with a b urglar. Gil's next shock is learning that his fate is now tied to his murde rer's and requires his joining the critic at an archival film festival. The films Gil sees, however, depict his personal history, powerfully presentin g the lives of many of his ancestors. Notable among them are Anna Gage from 18th-century New York City, who takes her three children up the Hudson Riv er in a canoe to Canada after her husband, an English officer, is killed at Breed's Hill; and a story-telling Methodist preacher in Wales. Gil's growi ng admiration for these flawed, courageous people reminds him of conversati ons with a metaphysically inclined friend who once advised him, "Feel befor e you think!" Relating this murder story with his customary wit, Davies res olves it to the reader's satisfaction, but the real treat is in Gil's posth umous growth to compassion and understanding. "We live and learn, yes," he observes. "But we die and learn, too, it appears."
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Davies, Robertson The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks
Penguin May 1, 1990 0-14-009771-6 / 9780140097719 Paperback Very Good
From Library Journal In this collection of his newspaper pieces, mostly from the late Forties, Davies introduces us to his alter ego, a mildly irascible curmudgeon whose opinions and observations have been so popular in Canada that three volumes of his columns have been published there: The Diary , The Table Talk , and The Garland of Miscellania. Davies has re-edited them to produce a single volume and in the prefatory "A Drink with Marchbanks" even given us his own view of the journalist he created. A pleasant entertainment covering such diverse topics as politics, theater, and manners, this volume offers a humorous and insightful picture of postwar Canadian life as seen through the eyes of a delightful eccentric who reminds this reader of a boozeless W. C. Fields.
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Davies, Robertson World of Wonders
Penguin April 28, 1977 0-14-004389-6 / 9780140043891 Paperback Very Good
Hailed by the Washington Post Book World as "a modern classic," Robertson D avies's acclaimed Deptford Trilogy is a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived series of novels, around which a mysterious death is woven. World of Wonders-the third book in the series after The Manticore-follows the st ory of Magnus Eisengrim-the most illustrious magician of his age-who is spi rited away from his home by a member of a traveling sideshow, the Wanless W orld of Wonders. After honing his skills and becoming better known, Magnus unfurls his life's courageous and adventurous tale in this third and final volume of a spectacular, soaring work.
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