Fifth Business
by Davies, Robertson
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517561131
- ISBN 13
- 9780517561133
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9768
- Title
- Fifth Business
- Author
- Davies, Robertson
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0517561131
- ISBN 13
- 9780517561133
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Fiction
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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