Murther & Walking Spirits - Hardcover

Davies, Robertson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670841897 ISBN 13: 9780670841899

Publisher: Viking, 1991

Synopsis

Murdered by his wife's lover, Gil must spend his afterlife seated next to his murderer at a film festival, where he views the exploits of his ancestors from the Revolutionary era to his parents' time

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Review:

Will be recognized with the very best works of this century (New York Times Books Review)

Vintage Davies, employing a subtle feeling for family relationships and a genuine understanding of money and power while indulging in effortless intellectual acrobatics (Sunday Telegraph)

Davies' devotees will recognize at once the master's sharp ear for proverbial wisdoms, his relish for fantastical and dark linguistic corners, his magpie accumulations of odd bits of lore and historical tidbits (Observer)

An extraordinary tapestry of a book - richly layered, embroidered with detail and stitched together with skill and style (Time Out)

About the Author:

Robertson Davies was born in Thamesville, Ontario, in 1913. A novelist, playwright, literary critic and essayist, he received numerous awards for his work. It is as a writer of fiction that Robertson Davies achieved international recognition, with such books as The Salterton Trilogy (Tempest-Tost, Leaven of Malice and A Mixture of Frailties); The Deptford Trilogy (Fifth Business, The Manticore and World of Wonders); The Cornish Trilogy (The Rebel Angels, What's Bred in the Bone, shortlisted for the 1986 Booker Prize, and The Lyre of Orpheus); Murther & Walking Spirits, and The Cunning Man. Robertson Davies died in 1995.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0670841897
• ISBN 13: 9780670841899
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368