No other Canadian novelist is lauded and read as widely outside his homeland as Robertson Davies. His characters fascinate, and his gentle, graceful style makes no demands on the reader. He provides an intelligent, expressive, well-paced rendering of the narrative about a Canadian university professor, as well as vivid impersonations of the characters. From the narrator Davidsons mouth, the story has a sarcastic, even cynical, edge, whereas Robertson Daviess words, though not without humor and irony, are far more empathetic...