β Scribed by Robertson Davies
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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Paperback, 336 pages
Published 1975
New Canadian Library eBook (2015)
World of Wonders, the concluding novel in Robertson Davies' celebrated Deptford Trilogy, is available as an e-book for the first time.
Called "a spectacular, soaring work, an astounding tour de force unequaled in recent literature," World of Wonders follows the story of Magnus Eisengrimβthe most illustrious magician of his ageβwho is spirited away from his home by a member of a traveling sideshow, the Wanless World of Wonders.
"One of the great modern novelists." Sunday Times
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