Whats Bred in the Bone
The Cornish Trilogy, Book 2

This is Robertson Davies’ best book. No, really it is. And he’s written some pretty awesome ones, let me tell you. Certainly, at the very least, I can say that this one is my favourite. It has everything I want and expect from a book by Davies: a concentration on artistic and intellectual matters, e......more

A polymath and encyclopedist in the field of hagiography and classical painting, Davis gives the reader a truly intellectual enjoyment of the novel, balancing on the verge of family, historical, picaresque, espionage, books on history, art, history of art, religion, history of religion and esoterici......more

This novel has been penned by Canadian author Robertson Davies and is the second book in the Cornish trilogy, but it can be read as a standalone novel. I had chanced upon this book while book hunting in a second hand bookstore. I had never heard of Robertson Davies but something about the book, most......more

(Cornish Trilogy, Book 2) Η ασάλευτη θλιβερή μουσική της ανθρωπότητας, που εξαγνίζει και απαλύνει. Η κρυμμένη βαθιά λύπη των πραγμάτων, η προσπάθεια κατανόησης και παράβλεψης των αιχμών. «Βαθιά ριζωμένο»σημαίνει, ίσως, ότι το εξωστρεφές γίνεται εσωστρεφές. Στην εξερεύνηση του εξωτερικού κόσμου προστέ......more

Some churlish sot who goes by my name awarded this book 4 stars ten days ago, without adding a review, and I am here today to correct both of those glaring errors, cos though 20C realism is not my usual thing, I absolutely loved this book and think it among Davies' very best. All of our Man of Letter......more