Robertson Davies

2 summariesLiterary Fiction, Historical Fiction

William Robertson Davies was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies gladly accepted for himself. Davies was the founding Master of Massey College, a graduate residential college associated with the University of Toronto.

Books by Robertson Davies

2 books available

Fifth Business
Robertson Davies
4.0 (17k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A WWI veteran, shaped by a boyhood snowball incident and a life of unusual influence, confronts memory, history, and myth as he finds the wonderful in the everyday.
The Manticore
Robertson Davies
4.0 (5k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A successful but emotionally distant lawyer undergoes Jungian analysis and meets people who help him understand his enigmatic father's life and death.