The Deptford Trilogy (King Penguin)

by Robertson Davies

WHO KILLED BOY STAUNTON? Around this central mystery is woven a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived trilogy of novels. Luring the reader down labyrinthine tunnels of myth, history, and magic, The Deptford Trilogy provides an exhilerating antidote to a world from where "the fear and dread and splendour of wonder have been banished."

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
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What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
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