num_pages: 560
description: In this collection of his newspaper pieces, mostly from the late Forties, Davies introduces us to his alter ego, a mildly irascible curmudgeon whose opinions and observations have been so popular in Canada that three volumes of his columns have been published there: The Diary , The Table Talk , and The Garland of Miscellania. Davies has re-edited them to produce a single volume and in the prefatory "A Drink with Marchbanks" even given us his own view of the journalist he created. A pleasant entertainment covering such diverse topics as politics, theater, and manners, this volume offers a humorous and insightful picture of postwar Canadian life as seen through the eyes of a delightful eccentric who reminds this reader of a boozeless W. C. Fields.
language: English
title: The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks
titlecomplete: The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks
characters: Samuel Marchbanks
genres: Humor, 20th Century, Essays, Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canada
ratings_count: 331
publisher: Penguin Books