num_pages: 310
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 â€”the second book in the series after Fifth Business â€”follows David Staunton, a man pleased with his success but haunted by his relationship with his larger-than-life father. As he seeks help through therapy, he encounters a wonderful cast of characters who help connect him to his past and the death of his father.
language: English
title: The Manticore
titlecomplete: The Manticore
characters: Magnus Eisengrim, Dunstan Ramsay, David Staunton, Percy Boyd Staunton, Lieselotte Naegeli, Leola Staunton, Johanna Von Haller
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, Canada, Psychology, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Canadian Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 6274
series: The Deptford Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Fiction
publisher: Viking Press/ Penguin