The mysterious death of the Canadian magnate Boy Staunton?whose drowned body was found inside his car at the bottom of the port of Toronto?has traumatized his son David, who, as opposed to the police, is convinced his father was murdered. Wanting to rid himself of his obsession, David travels to Zurich so as to be treated at the Jung Institute. Forced by the psychiatrists to search his memory, David will begin to uncover an extraordinary collection of characters and memories that will allow him to face his own demons and, more importantly, his father’s memory. Although it can be read on its own, this novel is the second installment of the Deptford Trilogy. This time Davies explores the deep recesses of the human mind where our inner monsters lay waiting. Although it can be read independently, this novel is the second installment of The Deptford Trilogy.

La misteriosa muerte del magnate canadiense Boy Staunton?al que han encontrado ahogado dentro de su coche en el fondo del puerto de Toronto?ha trastornado a su hijo David, quien al contrario que la policía, está convencido de que su padre fue asesinado. Decidido a librarse de su obsesión, David viaja a Zurich para psicoanalizarse en el Instituto Jung. Obligado por los psiquiatras a indagar en su memoria, David irá sacando a la luz una extraordinaria galería de personajes y recuerdos que le permitirán enfrentarse con sus propios demonios y, sobre todo, con la memoria de su padre. Aunque puede ser leída de manera independiente, esta novela constituye la segunda parte de la Trilogía de Deptford. Esta vez Davies se adentra en las regiones más profundas de la mente humana, en aquellas donde se agazapan nuestros monstruos. Aunque puede ser leída independientemente, esta novela es el segundo libro de la Trilogía de Deptford.

Robertson Davies, novelist, playwright, literary critic and essayist, was born in 1913 in Thamesville, Ontario. He was educated at Queen's University, Toronto, and Balliol College, Oxford. Whilst at Oxford he became interested in the theatre and from 1938 until 1940 he was a teacher and actor at the Old Vic in London. He subsequently wrote a number of plays. In 1940 he returned to Canada, where he was literary editor of Saturday Night, an arts, politics and current affairs journal, until 1942, when he became editor and later publisher of the Peterborough Examiner. Several of his books, including The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks and The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks, had their origins in an editorial column. In 1962 he was appointed Professor of English at the University of Toronto, and in 1963 was appointed the first Master of the University's Massey College. He retired in 1981, but remained Master Emeritus and Professor Emeritus. He held honorary doctorates from twenty-six universities in the UK, the USA and Canada, and he received numerous awards for his work, including the Governor-General's Award for The Manticore in 1973. It is as a writer of fiction that Robertson Davies achieved international recognition, with such books as The Salterton Trilogy (Tempest-Tost, Leaven Of Malice, winner of the Leacock Award for Humour, and A Mixture Of Frailties); The Deptford Trilogy (Fifth Business, The Manticore and World Of Wonders); The Cornish Trilogy (The Rebel Angels, What's Bred in the Bone, shortlisted for the 1986 Booker Prize, and The Lyre of Orpheus); Murther & Walking Spirits; and The Cunning Man. His other work includes One Half of Robertson Davies, The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies, Robertson Davies: The Well-Tempered Critic, The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks, High Spirits, A Voice From The Attic and The Merry Heart, a posthumous collection of autobiography, lectures and essays. Many of his books are published by Penguin.

Robertson Davies died in December 1995. Malcolm Bradbury described him as 'one of the great modern novelists', and in its obituary The Times wrote: 'Davies encompassed all the great elements of life...His novels combined deep seriousness and psychological inquiry with fantasy and exuberant mirth.'

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"He is one of the most learned, amusing and otherwise accomplished novelists of our time. His novels will be recognized with the very best work of this century."  ?John Kenneth Galbraith, author, The Affluent Society

"Robertson Davies is the sort of novelist readers can hardly wait to tell their friends about."  “Washington Post

"[T]he greatest comic writer since Dickens."  “John Irving, author, The Cider House Rules

"Robertson Davies is one of the great modern novelists."  “Sunday Times

"Davies is author to one of the most consistent narrative works of the 20th century."  “La Vanguardia