by Robertson Davies
What a brilliant book. hands-down brilliant. I was a little hesitant about it when our English teachers told us how amazing "Fifth Business" is, especially since I have found that my literary tastes and theirs don't always cross paths. And at first I was a little suspicious once I started reading, b...
The most delightful thing about this novel is that it is full off absolutely perfect sentences.
Not positive I'm rating the right book, although quite a few of his books deserve such a rating it seems. It has been many years, but was this the book with the scene of half a dozen lawyers fighting for a place behind a small table?
I finished reading then immediately went back to first page to read it again. Which is rather curious, I can't say that the language is really special nor the pace & plot gripping. But there's just something about it that is really comfortable to read. I can say, though, that the ending satisfy me. ...
4.5 starsRobertson Davies is one of my literary heroes. At a time in my youth when I had been engulfed with ‘Canadian Literature’ that was, in my humble opinion at the time at least, depressing, uninteresting, and decidedly parochial, here was a man who wrote stories with verve, humour, erudition an...
I am going to make a controversial statement that has required a great degree of soul searching, but this may be my favourite book. Ever.Finally reading it again after six years, I am just as - probably more - enchanted and inspired by it.I will say more when I have finished the trilogy, but I am pr...
This story is somewhat bizarre, and yet somehow oddly compelling. I kept telling myself I'd read just a little more, little more.......The surface story is the autobiography of the narrator, "Dunny" Ramsay. He gets offended by a retirement piece written about him that makes him appear as a dim and...
I very rarely rate a novel five stars. It's also harder to write a glowing review than a scathing one. So what in the world am I doing giving this book five stars?I certainly wouldn't if I didn't think Fifth Business was worthy of such accolades. And yet at first glance the novel looks like it's all...
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