Tag Archives: Deptford Trilogy

106. The Manticore (Robertson Davies)

Posted on January 1, 2018 by

The Manticore was my final book of 2017 and the final read for my 2017 CanadianContent BINGO card.  It fulfilled the square of a Canadian book published in my birth year (eek… 1972 for those who were wondering). The week … Continue reading →

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31. Fifth Business (Robertson Davies)

Posted on April 23, 2016 by

“This is one of the cruelties of the theatre of life; we all think of ourselves as stars and rarely recognize it when we are indeed mere supporting characters or even supernumeraries”. Somehow, I missed reading Fifth Business in high … Continue reading →

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