Tempest-tost [Mass Market Paperback]

Robertson Davies (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Penguin (1982)
• ASIN: B0027JNI7Y
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Deep PG Wodehouse, November 1, 1999

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Mark Salter - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tempest-tost (Salterton Trilogy) (Mass Market Paperback)

An early novel (actually the first). Light touch with Davies's brand of situational and character-based humor. Comes off like deep PG Wodehouse, which is certainly no insult. I wish a few of the characters had been returned in following books - I like the precocious daughter especially, and her foil and co-hort, the grumpy gardener.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yes, he was younger then., April 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tempest-Tost (Salterton Trilogy) (Paperback)

I agree with the above reviews. This delightful book was written by a green Davies -- not yet in his prime. The thing for you prospective readers is to do as my Canadian literary guru had me do. Start with this book, this trilogy and read chronologically. Then you get the double pleasure of reading good literature and admiring the author's development. As for wanting to read more Davies after this -- it's a given.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Astounding Feat, March 15, 2001

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Carra R Lane - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tempest-Tost (Salterton Trilogy) (Paperback)

Far from fluffy. Tilting at "The Tempest" as Davies does in this early novel is brave, or foolhardy, beyond measure. Extremely acute human beings are only occasionally profoundly generous. Do NOT forego the pleasure, even if you imagine you might balk at play within play. Davies came to novels by way of his love for theatre. Everything begins here, most remarkably his unique ability to write charming lively characters of both sexes, all ages, many orientations. In "Tempest-Tost", five or six rise to the level of presiding spirits. Plus the gnarled final effort of Shakespeare is tweaked/tickled/refreshed to a very nice renewal. Grand. Sharp without ever descending to mean. You can't meet Valentine Rich or the sisters Freddy & [Im]Patient Griselda (Gristle to Freddy) anywhere else. First in the Salterton. Read it.