{"product_id":"the-cunning-man-paperback","title":"The Cunning Man - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An amazing coup . . . a brilliant, never less than engaging work of fiction which is also a philosophical meditation on the business of living.\"--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Father Hobbes mysteriously dies at the high alter on Good Friday, Dr. Jonathan Hullah--whose holistic work has earned him the label \"Cunning Man\" (for the wizard of folk tradition)--wants to know why. The physician-cum-diagnostician's 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Cunning Man\u003c\/i\u003e reveals profound truths about being human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Wise, humane and consistently entertaining . . . Robertson Davies's skill and curiosity are as agile as ever, and his store of incidental knowledge is a constant pleasure.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The 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.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe London Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Davies is a good companion. Settling into \u003ci\u003eThe Cunning Man\u003c\/i\u003e is like taking a comfortable chair opposite a favorite uncle who has seen and done everything.\"--\u003ci\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Irresistible, unflaggingly vital. A wholehearted and sharp-minded celebration of the Great Theatre of Life.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A novel brimming with themes of music, poetry, beauty, philosophy, death and the deep recesses of the mind.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374094549215,"sku":"9780795352584","price":31.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/roUfhkpjDn9780795352584.webp?v=1789171900","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-cunning-man-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}