derren put me on to robertson davies years ago. i read “what’s bred in the bone” (vol. 2 of a trilogy) and liked it. i recently came across the concluding volume, “the lyre of orpheus”. i read that and liked it, a lot. today i went for a coffee on sydenham high street, next to my favourite 2nd hand bookshop. i found “fifth business” and “the papers of samuel marchbanks”. i bought them both, despite having ordered fifth business on the net yesterday. anyone want a copy? robertson davies doesn’t introduce radical ideas, illuminate the human condition etc. etc. but, fuck , he can write. i’d put a random sentence of his against anybody. the books are flawless.
