{"product_id":"the-cunning-man-paperback","title":"The Cunning Man - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobertson Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An amazing coup . . . a brilliant, never less than engaging work of fiction which is also a philosophical meditation on the business of living.\"--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Father Hobbes mysteriously dies at the high alter on Good Friday, Dr. Jonathan Hullah--whose holistic work has earned him the label \"Cunning Man\" (for the wizard of folk tradition)--wants to know why. The physician-cum-diagnostician's search for answers compels him to look back over his own long life. He conjures vivid memories of the dazzling, intellectual high-jinks and compassionate philosophies of himself and his circle, including flamboyant, mystical curate Charlie Iredale; cynical, quixotic professor Brocky Gilmartin; outrageous banker Darcy Dwyer; and jocular, muscular artist Pansy Todhunter. In compelling and hilarious scenes from the divine comedy of life, \u003ci\u003eThe Cunning Man\u003c\/i\u003e reveals profound truths about being human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Wise, humane and consistently entertaining . . . Robertson Davies's skill and curiosity are as agile as ever, and his store of incidental knowledge is a constant pleasure.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The sparkling history of [the] erudite and amusing Dr. Hullah, who knows the souls of his patients as well as he knows their bodies . . . never fails to enlighten and delight.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe London Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Davies is a good companion. Settling into \u003ci\u003eThe Cunning Man\u003c\/i\u003e is like taking a comfortable chair opposite a favorite uncle who has seen and done everything.\"--\u003ci\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Irresistible, unflaggingly vital. A wholehearted and sharp-minded celebration of the Great Theatre of Life.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A novel brimming with themes of music, poetry, beauty, philosophy, death and the deep recesses of the mind.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobertson Davies (1913-1995) was born and raised in Ontario, and was educated at a variety of schools, including Upper Canada College, Queen's University, and Balliol College, Oxford. He had three successive careers: as an actor with the Old Vic Company in England; as publisher of the Peterborough Examiner; and as university professor and first Master of Massey College at the University of Toronto, from which he retired in 1981 with the title of Master Emeritus. He was one of Canada's most distinguished men of letters, with several volumes of plays and collections of essays, speeches, and \u003ci\u003ebelles lettres\u003c\/i\u003e to his credit. As a novelist, he gained worldwide fame for his three trilogies: \u003ci\u003eThe Salterton Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Deptford Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cornish Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, and for later novels \u003ci\u003eMurther and Walking Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cunning Man\u003c\/i\u003e. His career was marked by many honors: He was the first Canadian to be made an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he was a Companion of the Order of Canada, and he received honorary degrees from twenty-six American, Canadian, and British universities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 482\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.39 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252053983481,"sku":"9780795352584","price":31.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eHN5bVVPNWtTODVPc054QmtiOCtYdz09.webp?v=1768680488","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-cunning-man-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}