Of course, since it is the retelling of his experience in analysis there is quite a bit of discussion of Boy but it is from the point of view of a biased observer.I recently read a book of Davies' speeches, The Merry Heart, so I knew he was very interested in Jungian psychotherapy. So I expected this book to be the life story of Boy Staunton but instead it is his son who takes center stage. World of Wonders was the story of Paul Dempster, a child born in Deptford in circumstances involving Dunstan and Boy. Fifth Business was mainly the story of Dunstan Ramsay, childhood friend of Boy Staunton. It is the story of Boy Staunton's son, David, when he went to a Jungian analyst in Switzerland after Boy Staunton's death. It's quite a different book from Fifth Business and World of Wonders both in setting and character. Although this is Book 2 in the Deptford Trilogy I read it last and I think I am glad I did.
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