Fichman soon plans to pitch an international cartel of broadcasters, including the CBC, HBO and the BBC. Now, however, he feels they have finally got a workable script and he's now starting to hammer out the financial and creative structure. The novel takes the form of a letter Ramsay writes to the headmaster of the school from which he has just retired, wherein he recalls how, as a boy, he ducked the fateful stone-laden snowball intended for him (the snowball hits a pregnant woman).ĭavies's autobiographical trilogy then explores the effect this single act has on a wide range of characters.įichman says the novels have been complicated to condense as they focus on three, interlinked lives, from age eight through 80. If you dont hurry up and let life know what you want, life will damned soon show you what youll get. It's narrated by Dunstable (later Dunstan) Ramsay, a schoolteacher who grows up in the fictional town of Deptford (based on Davies's native Thamesville, Ont.). Fifth Business Quotes Showing 1-30 of 62.
"My dream was to study to be a filmmaker - and this book was the first thing I ever wanted to do as a movie."įifth Business is the first part of the trilogy that also includes "After reading at the age of 19, I finally understood everything about the social fabric of this country - and the Canadian code that is the body of these books," adds Fichman, who moved to Canada from Israel as a young boy.
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