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The Manticore

The Deptford Trilogy, Book 2

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The Manticore

Written by: Robertson Davies
Narrated by: Marc Vietor
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Hailed by the Washington Post Book World as "a modern classic", Robertson Davies' acclaimed Deptford Trilogy is a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived series of novels, around which a mysterious death is woven.

The Manticore, the second book in the series after Fifth Business, follows David Staunton, a man pleased with his success but haunted by his relationship with his larger-than-life father. As he seeks help through therapy, he encounters a wonderful cast of characters who help connect him to his past and the death of his father.

©1972 Robertson Davies (P)2011 Audible, Inc. Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Fiction
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What the critics say

"One of the splendid literary enterprises of this decade." ( Newsweek)
"Robertson Davies is one of the great modern novelists." (Malcolm Bradbury, The Sunday Times, London)
"Robertson 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)

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Fifth Business is my favourite book, this sequel is perfect. so glad to have more of the story.

wonderful

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such a great book! very well read. I will definitely listen to the whole series

excellent

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staggering American arrogance to have a narrator that does not know the Canadian pronunciation of Lieutenant Governor!!!!

American bias for a Canadian novel

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