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Fifth Business by Robertson Davies

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Since his death in 1995, Robertson Davies has fallen off the radar screens of many contemporary readers, even those with a serious interest in modern literary fiction. I can't help feeling that his oft-repeated reputation as the preeminent Canadian novelist of his generation is as much a way of marginalizing as honoring his contributions. Do we call Jon…

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