All That Glisters is a series of stories which challenge archetypal portrayals of elderly characters by young writers, exploring issues in a more realistic way, balancing difficult themes with humour and humanity.
After the death of his beloved grandfather, Lucas Bitterman discovers he and his family have inherited a priceless collection of twenty-dollar gold pieces minted in the early twentieth century.
Pat Lynch's work, with its astute social consciousness and reporter's sharp eye, tunes us in: to language with its revelations and betrayals, to subtexts, to nuance, to irony.
The cover features a crackling vintage gold colored background with a paisley design and the famous William Shakespeare quote "All that glisters is not gold" from The Merchant of Venice.
Mystery and suspense in Venezuela.
The setting is New Zealand in the 1860s, when gold miners poured into the fledgling settlement of Dunedin.
Part of the pleasure of this book is to reveal the provenance of the well-worn quote (or misquote) - my cup runneth over, ay, there's the rub, to err is human, the spice of life - but also to introduce some less familiar ones.
All That GlistersHunter Donovan. He was everything I openly loathed, but everything I secretly desired.Cocky, arrogant, and crude. When Hunter wanted something, he pursued, relentlessly, until he got it. And right now, I was his prey.
He had gone to America Square after he also had fallen out with Hopkins. Although they had got on well when they both worked as finance specialists, relations had deteriorated after Hopkins moved over to treasury and trading.