For Your Eye Alone
 Gems galore: It's startling how thoughtful, evocative and just plain funny a man can be in writing his regular correspondance. Makes you want to be a prolific letter-writer yourself. Makes you wish he were still alive so that you could respond to some of [... more]
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Murther and Walking Spirits
It's Like a Film Festival in Purgatory: My quick advice: if you love Davies and you've read absolutely everything else, nothing I say will stop you. If you love Davies and there's something else you haven't read, go read it before this one. If you haven' [... more]
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The Rebel Angels (Cornish Trilogy)
The Perfect Novel?: The Rebel Angels immediately entered my personal canon of favorite works of literature. Could it be the perfect novel? It features astounding characters, well defined and memorable (especially the unforgettable John Parlabane, almost [... more]
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The Cornish Trilogy
Art a la Carte with a Side of Salacious Behavior: Robertson Davies' greatest strength has always been in his ability to create a protagonist whose adventures quickly intrigue you. One can debate the virtues of each novel in this trilogy, but the simple [... more]
$25.00
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World of Wonders (Deptford Trilogy)
The greatest novel of the twentieth century: This is the best novel of the century's best English language novelist. The plot is sure-fire (kid runs away with the carnival), the characters memorable (sideshow freaks, revealed to be--human beings! theater [... more]
$14.00
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Leaven of Malice (Between the Covers Classics)
The perfect humorous novel.: A Mixture of Frailties tells two complete but entwined stories: one of Sully and his young wife who are burdened by the 'dead hand' of Sully's mother (they must produce a male heir or forfeit a fortune to 'little Miss Nobody, [... more]
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The Lyre of Orpheus
Fun, But The Weakest of the Trilogy: The Lyre of Orpheus continues the story of the characters introduced in The Rebel Angels -- Maria and Arthur Cornish, Simon Darcourt, Clement Hollier, etc. I read the Cornish Trilogy straight through, and while I very [... more]
$76.95
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The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading Writing, and the ...
Amazon.com Review: The great Canadian novelist Robertson Davies spent his long life in love with books. This posthumous collection of two dozen essays stands as the lively recollections of a great reader: Davies talks praises the books he's loved, damns [... more]
$16.00
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A Mixture of Frailties (Salterton Trilogy 3)
Davies hits his stride: To my taste, with this book Davies hit the big time. It's a wonderful story of a developing artist, instantly familiar to anyone who has been involved with the performing arts. Add to that the fact that Davies begins to really hit [... more]
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Fifth Business (Penguin Classics)
What took me so long?: This author was trustworthy from page one. The character he created, as small as he is, has a big voice and a story worthy of telling. I was so pleasantly surprised by this book, and so mad at myself for taking so long to read it. [... more]
$14.00
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Robertson Davies: A Portrait in Mosaic
Best writer: Robertson Davies is the best writer of the last century. It was illuminating readin this book about him. A must read! Author: Val Ross Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780771077753 ISBN: 0771077750 Number Of Pages: 400 [... more]
$36.99
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Tempest-tost (Salterton Trilogy 1)
Yes, he was younger then.: I agree with the above reviews. This delightful book was written by a green Davies -- not yet in his prime. The thing for you prospective readers is to do as my Canadian literary guru had me do. Start with this book, this [... more]
$13.16
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