Fifth Business

Fifth Business
First edition
AuthorRobertson Davies
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Deptford Trilogy
GenreSpeculative fiction
PublisherMacmillan Canada
Publication date
1970
Publication placeCanada
Media typePrint
Pages273
OCLC36190121
Followed byThe Manticore 

Fifth Business (1970) is a novel by Canadian writer Robertson Davies. First published by Macmillan of Canada in 1970, it is the first installment of Davies' best-known work, the Deptford Trilogy,[1] and explores the life of the narrator, Dunstan Ramsay. It was the novel that brought Davies to international attention.[2]

  1. ^ "Writers" Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine, Athabasca University
  2. ^ "Fifth Business" The Canadian Encyclopedia