Description
Fifth Business is the first installment of the Deptford Trilogy and is a story of the life of the narrator, Dunstan Ramsay.
Ramsay's passion for hagiology and his guilty connection to Mary Dempster provide most of the impetus and background for this novel. He spends much of the book struggling with his image of Mary Dempster as a fool-saint and dealing with issues of guilt that grew from a childhood accident.
The entire story is told in the form of a letter written by Ramsay on his retirement from teaching at Colborne College, addressed to the school Headmaster.
Ramsay's passion for hagiology and his guilty connection to Mary Dempster provide most of the impetus and background for this novel. He spends much of the book struggling with his image of Mary Dempster as a fool-saint and dealing with issues of guilt that grew from a childhood accident.
The entire story is told in the form of a letter written by Ramsay on his retirement from teaching at Colborne College, addressed to the school Headmaster.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
309 pages
Language
English
Published
Nov 23, 1970
Publisher
Viking Adult
Editions
35 editions
ISBN-10
0670312134
ISBN-13
9780670312139
Genres
Action & Adventure
History
Business & Economics