Fifth Business
by DAVIES, Robertson
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140034870
- ISBN 13
- 9780140034875
- Seller
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Synopsis
Fifth Business is a 1970 novel by Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor Robertson Davies. It is the first installment of the Deptford Trilogy and is a story of the life of the narrator, Dunstan Ramsay. It is Davies' best-known novel, and considered his finest. First published by Macmillan of Canada in 1970, Fifth Business was selected 40th on the American Modern Library's "reader's list" of the 100 best novels of the 20th century.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 421707
- Title
- Fifth Business
- Author
- DAVIES, Robertson
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140034870
- ISBN 13
- 9780140034875
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- (England)
- Date Published
- 1981
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