{"product_id":"leaven-of-malice-9780795352515","title":"Leaven of Malice","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Salterton Trilogy continues with a novel \"full of zest, wit and urbanity\" from the celebrated Canadian author of \u003ci\u003eTempest-Tost\u003c\/i\u003e and the Cornish novels (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Returning to the town he first visited in \u003ci\u003eTempest-Tost\u003c\/i\u003e, Davies continues to explore the lives of its inhabitants in this winner of the Leacock Medal, awarded for the best in Canadian literary humor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The following announcement appeared in the \u003ci\u003eSalterton Evening Bellman\u003c\/i\u003e: \"Professor and Mrs. Walter Vambrace are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Pearl Veronica, to Solomon Bridgetower Esq, son of . . .\" Although the malice that prompted this false engagement notice was aimed at three people only--Solly Bridgetower, Pearl Vambrace, and Gloster Ridley, the anxiety-ridden local newspaper editor--before the leaven of malice had ceased to work it had changed permanently, for good or ill, the lives of many citizens of Salterton. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Robertson Davies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Invention has always been Robertson Davies's strength. He tells terrific stories that twist around and double back on themselves in surprising ways and, characteristically, combines them with intriguing, arcane information.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Davies' fiction is animated by his scorn for the ironclad systems that claim to explain the whole of life. Messy, magical, high-spirited life bubbles up between the cracks.\"--\u003ci\u003eSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobertson Davies (1913-1995) was born and raised in Ontario, and was educated at a variety of schools, including Upper Canada College, Queen's University, and Balliol College, Oxford. He had three successive careers: as an actor with the Old Vic Company in England; as publisher of the Peterborough Examiner; and as university professor and first Master of Massey College at the University of Toronto, from which he retired in 1981 with the title of Master Emeritus. He was one of Canada's most distinguished men of letters, with several volumes of plays and collections of essays, speeches, and \u003ci\u003ebelles lettres\u003c\/i\u003e to his credit. As a novelist, he gained worldwide fame for his three trilogies: \u003ci\u003eThe Salterton Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Deptford Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cornish Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, and for later novels \u003ci\u003eMurther and Walking Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cunning Man\u003c\/i\u003e. His career was marked by many honors: He was the first Canadian to be made an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he was a Companion of the Order of Canada, and he received honorary degrees from twenty-six American, Canadian, and British universities.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"RosettaBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50448875979026,"sku":"9780795352515","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8ecf74bb-1af5-47f7-99c5-03bcdaaea338.jpg?v=1729741214","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/leaven-of-malice-9780795352515","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}