Description: A false engagement notice put in the paper as an act of malice manages to change the lives of many of the citizens of Salterton. Winner of the Leacock Award for humor.
Brief description:
Robertson Davies (1913-1995) was an internationally acclaimed author, actor, publisher, and, finally, professor at the University of Toronto. The author of twelve novels and several volumes of essays and plays, he was the first Canadian to be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Review Quotes:
"His writing is full of zest, wit, and urbanity. The soundness of his moral is apparent. The leaven of malice grows, and swells, and sooner or later touches all of us."
-- "New York Times Book Review"