Synopses & Reviews
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.
World of Wondersthe third book in the series after
The Manticorefollows the story of Magnus Eisengrimthe most illustrious magician of his agewho is spirited away from his home by a member of a traveling sideshow, the Wanless World of Wonders. After honing his skills and becoming better known, Magnus unfurls his life's courageous and adventurous tale in this third and final volume of a spectacular, soaring work.
"Robertson Davies is one of the great modern novelists."
Malcolm Bradbury, The Sunday Times (London)
"Robertson Davies is a novelist whose books are thick and rich with humor, character and incident. They are plotted with skill and much flamboyance." The Observer (London)
About the Author
ROBERTSON DAVIES (1913 &1995) was an internationally acclaimed author, actor, publisher, and, finally, professor at the University of Toronto. The author of twelve novels and several volumes of essays and plays, he was the first Canadian to be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Wayne Johnston is the author of several novels, including The Colony of Unrequited Dreams. He lives in Toronto.
Michael Dirda is a Pulitzer Prize &winning reviewer, critic, and essayist. A long-time contributor to the Washington Post Book World, he is also the author of Bound to Please, Readings, and a memoir.