SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES NEW & NOTEWORTHY BOOK A GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 100 BOOK FOR 2020 A CBC BEST FICTION BOOK FOR 2020 "His third appearance on the Giller shortlist ... affirms Bergen among Canada's most powerful writers. His pages light up; all around falls into darkness."2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury "David Bergen's command is breathtaking His work belongs to the world, and to all time. He is one of our living greats."Matthew Thomas, New York Times-bestselling author of We Are Not Ourselves