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When Father Hobbes mysteriously dies at the high alter on Good Friday, Dr. Jonathan Hullahāwhose holistic work has earned him the label āCunning Manā (for the wizard of folk tradition)āwants to know why. The physician-cum-diagnosticianās search for answers compels him to look back over his own long life. He conjures vivid memories of the dazzling, intellectual high-jinks and compassionate philosophies of himself and his circle, including flamboyant, mystical curate Charlie Iredale; cynical, quixotic professor Brocky Gilmartin; outrageous banker Darcy Dwyer; and jocular, muscular artist Pansy Todhunter. In compelling and hilarious scenes from the divine comedy of life,Ā The Cunning ManĀ reveals profound truths about being human.
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āWise, humane and consistently entertaining . . . Robertson Daviesās skill and curiosity are as agile as ever, and his store of incidental knowledge is a constant pleasure.āāThe New York Times Book Review
āThe sparkling history of [the] erudite and amusing Dr. Hullah, who knows the souls of his patients as well as he knows their bodies . . . never fails to enlighten and delight.āāThe London Free Press
āDavies is a good companion. Settling into The Cunning Man is like taking a comfortable chair opposite a favorite uncle who has seen and done everything.āāMacleanās
āIrresistible, unflaggingly vital. A wholehearted and sharp-minded celebration of the Great Theatre of Life.āāThe Sunday Times
āA novel brimming with themes of music, poetry, beauty, philosophy, death and the deep recesses of the mind.āāThe Observer
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