num_pages: 352
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. World of Wonders—the third book in the series after The Manticore—follows the story of Magnus Eisengrim—the most illustrious magician of his age—who is spirited away from his home by a member of a traveling sideshow, the Wanless World of Wonders. After honing his skills and becoming better known, Magnus unfurls his life’s courageous and adventurous tale in this third and final volume of a spectacular, soaring work.
language: English
title: World of Wonders
titlecomplete: World of Wonders (The Deptford Trilogy, #3)
genres: 20th Century, Canada, Canadian Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 4978
series: The Deptford Trilogy
publisher: Penguin Classics