Product Description

This is the third novel in Davies's major work, The Deptford Trilogy. This novel tells the life story of the unfortunate boy introduced in The Fifth Business, who was spirited away from his Canadian home by one of the members of a traveling side show, the Wanless World of Wonders.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1752449 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09
• Format: Abridged
• Original language: English
• Binding: Audio CD

Peter Prescott, Newsweek
"Davies' Deptford trilogy is one of the splendid literary enterprises of this decade."—

New Republic
"Davies shows once again...that even small-town Canadians can be intriguing."—

About the Author
Robertson Davies (1913-1995) was an actor, a University Professor and a writer. He is the author of The Salterton Trilogy, The Deptford Trilogy and The Cornish Trilogy. M.G. Vassanji was born in Kenia and raised in Tanzania. His first novel, The Gunny Sack, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1990. His other books include Uhuru Street, No New Land, Amriika, and The In-Between World of Vikram Lall. He lives in Toronto.