Fifth Business
by Robertson Davies
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalpsychologicalfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricateemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadscomplex relationship
Boxlist takeExpect a weighty, stirring novel, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
"Ramsay is a man twice born, a man who has returned from the hell of the battle-grave at Passchendaele in World War I decorated with the Victoria Cross, and destined to be caught in a no-man's-land where memory, history, and myth collide. As Ramsay tells his story, it begins to seem that from boyhood he has exerted a perhaps mystical, perhaps pernicious influence on those around him.
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- Author
- Robertson Davies
- Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 288
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- Open Library
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