All That Glitters

Description

In 1914, Simon Dulac enrolls in a Canadian contingent of military police, a perfect cover for his real ambition-to comb the battlefields of Europe unhindered in his search for the legendary Templar treasure said to have been buried in Flanders in 1807. An inveterate and uncannily lucky gambler, Dulac encounters Nell, who has come to the trenches to practice suturing wounds, forbidden to nurses in her native England. Masterful, transgressive and erudite. Desjardins's second novel constructs a narrative tapestry woven of the most elusive threads of meaning and signification.

Martine Desjardins's first novel, Le Cercle de Clara (Lemeac 1997), was nominated for both the Prix litteraires du Quebec and the Grand prix des lectrices Elle Quebec in 1998. It was published in English by Talonbooks as Fairy Ring (2001) and won the Governor General's Award for Translation in 2001. David Homel has been a journalist, editor, literary translator, and teacher. Fred A. Reed is an international journalist, acclaimed author, and award-winning translator.

"All That Glitters compels and disturbs, leaving us with questions about chance and fate, love and war." -- Montreal Review of Books