- Paperback: 262 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (March 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 014303913X
- ISBN-13: 978-0143039136
- Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.7 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 222 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #755,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
amazing,
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This review is from: The Manticore (Paperback)
An outstanding addition to the trilogy. Davies takes a sidestep here to add a Jungian perspective into his stories. This part of the trilogy is exciting and illuminating as its uniqueness and flair leaves us with the same characters we're learning to know and love and shows them to us from a different perspective, a trip, like a daydream in the middle of a classic!
4.0 out of 5 stars
like Magic Mountain without the politics,
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This review is from: The Manticore (Deptford Trilogy) (Mass Market Paperback)
Okay, so the comparison to Mann's work is a bit far fetched, but this book is a Jungian exploration of our main character's consciousness. Thanks to the convention of having Davey recount his story to his shrink, we feel a bit detached and disoriented. There is an element of almost-mysticism and we trace all the paths of Davey's mind and experiences. How did this famous criminal lawyer become such an incorrigible drunk and why does he check himself into Zurich for analysis? Unfortunately I read Fifth Business 4 years ago, so I can't remember any of the story line or comment on the relation of this book to the first. It seems to me though that this book does not depend on the first book in the series. I plan to read World of Wonders next, so I'll have more to say about the relation.Back to this book -- it's extremely engrossing with penetrating descriptions of all the characters in Davey's life and a curiously detached view of his life. I couldn't put it down, even at the end when the mystical element almost gets out of hand and he literally climbs the mountain and crawls through a primal cave. Even if you don't buy all the Jungian stuff, Davies is such a good and interesting writer that most should enjoy the experience. As a social commentator, he reminds me of Thomas Wolfe. A gripping read.
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Second Best,
This review is from: The Manticore (Deptford Trilogy) (Mass Market Paperback)
Based in Switzerland on terms based on the first book of the Deptford epic, our main character finds himself on leave to discover the answer to his problems in life and unravel the mystery of this trilogy. Through out the book Davies places emphasis on Psychological ethos and technique as well as expressing the extremes of the human ego and sexual desires. Davies however, is a story teller. Throwing aside callous and unnecessary detail and drawing upon less used characters from Fifth Business, Robertson brings us down a compelling though sometimes debatable path of a man coming to terms with who he is and what his life has been lived for. Occasionally the main Character drags on with seemingly unrealistically long narratives. Ramsay the Hero of Fifth Business (the first installation of the Deptford Trilogy) seems to receive a bad review from the main character of the Manticore. This enrages the reader who remains faithful to Ramsay but whom is trying to keep up with our new main character. The Manticore requires an open mind, more so then fifth business and is a long and drawn out read. However with the third and best book only pages away it is a must read for those who desire a satisfying epic. Second best. Four stars.
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