The manticore: A novel

About this book

Hailed by the Washington Post Book World as "a modern classic " Robertson Daviess acclaimed Deptford Trilogy is a glittering fantastical cunningly contrived series of novels around which a mysterious death is woven. The Manticore the second book in the series after Fifth Business follows David Staunton a man pleased with his success but haunted by his relationship with his larger-than-life father. As he seeks help through therapy he encounters a wonderful cast of characters who help connect him to his past and the death of his father.