num_pages: 304
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—the second 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 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 (The Deptford Trilogy, #2)
characters: Percy Boyd Staunton, Magnus Eisengrim, Lieselotte Naegeli, Leola Staunton, Johanna Von Haller, Dunstan Ramsay, David Staunton
genres: Classics, Psychology, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canada
ratings_count: 6273
series: The Deptford Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Classics