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High Spirits – Robertson Davies
High Spirits – Robertson Davies – 1982 Reviewed by: Dave Date: 19 December 2001 5 stars if Massey College is your alma mater, 3 stars if it isn’t. By “High” Spirits in the title, Davies̵...
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The Cunning Man – Robertson Davies
The Cunning Man – Robertson Davies – 1994 Reviewed by: Dave Date: 3 December 2001 Davies once commented that he knew “nothing about medicine” but had the highest degree of “hypochondriachal...
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Murther & Walking Spirits – Robertson Davies
Murther & Walking Spirits – Robertson Davies – 1991 Reviewed by: Dave Cymbalisty Date: 14 November 2001 An interesting book, I really enjoyed it. Who else but R. Davies could kill off his main character ...
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The Salterton Trilogy – Robertson Davies
The Salterton Trilogy – Robertson Davies – 1951-1958 Reviewed by: D.W. Cymbalisty Date: 30 July 2001 I caution you, reading this series may cause a severe addiction to Davies! It starts out great and just ke...
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The Rebel Angels – Robertson Davies
The Rebel Angels – Robertson Davies – 1981 Reviewed by: D.W. Cymbalisty Date: 15 July 2001 It took me a couple pages to catch on to the way Davies constructed this novel. It’s written in six sets of ch...
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The Deptford Trilogy – Robertson Davies
The Deptford Trilogy – Robertson Davies – 1970-1975 Reviewed by: D.W. Cymbalisty Date: 24 July 2001 At 5:58 p.m. on the 27th of December, 1908, a young kid throws a rock-laden snowball at his friend and hits a...
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The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood – 2000 Reviewed by: Anna van Gelderen Date: 8 October 2001 This is an absorbing, but complex novel that reveals the lives of the sisters Iris and Laura Chase...
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Alias Grace – Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace – Margaret Atwood – 1996 Reviewed by: Steven Katona Date: 12 February 2005 At my community college, my master’s degree instructor picked this one for our 1st half of the Canadian Literature...
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The Robber Bride – Margaret Atwood
The Robber Bride – Margaret Atwood – 1993 Reviewed by: D.W. Cymbalisty Date: 10 July 2001 I recently finished this book… in fact, Zenia’s ashes are probably still hovering over the water… Ro...
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The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood – 1985 Reviewed by: Stefan Bruda Date: 30 June 2003 Doubleplus ungood. I really admire Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. That’s one reason for not liking ...
