Leaven of Malice
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Leaven of Malice, published in 1954, is the second novel in The Salterton Trilogy by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies. The other two novels are Tempest-Tost (1951) and A Mixture of Frailties (1958). The series was also published in one volume as The Salterton Trilogy in 1986.
The trilogy revolves around the residents of the imaginary town of Salterton, Ontario.
Davies won the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour in the 1955 for Leaven of Malice, which deals with the unforeseen effects of a practical joke.