num_pages: 280
description: Hailed by the Washington Post Book World as "a modern classic," Robertson Davies's acclaimed Deptford Trilogy is a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived series of novels, around which a mysterious death is woven. The Manticore, 2nd 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 thru Jungian therapy, he encounters a wonderful cast of characters who help connect him to his past &amp; his father's death.
language: English
title: The Manticore
titlecomplete: The Manticore
characters: Percy Boyd Staunton, Leola Staunton, David Staunton, Johanna Von Haller, Magnus Eisengrim, Dunstan Ramsay, Lieselotte Naegeli
genres: Literary Fiction, Canadian Literature, Fiction, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Historical Fiction, Classics, Canada, Psychology
ratings_count: 6276
series: The Deptford Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Fiction
publisher: Macmillan of Canada