Murther and Walking Spirits: 4

Robertson Davies. Penguin Books, $13.95 (352pp) ISBN 978-0-14-016884-6

Davies's fans will not be disappointed by this clever novel, narrated posthu mously by a newspaper editor cuck olded and killed by a film critic. (Dec.)

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