All That Glitters

All That Glitters
Anthony, Michael
London : Andre Deutsch, 1981
202 p. ; 21 cm

A first person novel told by a thirteen year-old boy, the narrative follows Horace’s discovery of the destructive forces of greed through the theft of a gold necklace. The arrival of an aunt whose employment in Panama has earned her considerable wealth has caused a stir in the small fishing village where Horace lives with his family. The necklace is stolen from his home, and helping to track down the culprit becomes an important lesson in human behavior for him. Among Anthony’s later work, this novel maintains a familiar consistent focus on the solidity of the community and the family, even as non-traditional. A character who returns – here to Trinidad – from Panama with a considerable amount of money given the local economy occurs occasionally in the mid-century novels. See notably the Haitian novelist, Jacques Roumains, Gouverneurs de la rosée, (translated by Langston Hughes as Masters of the Dew).

H.D. Carberry Collection of Caribbean Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago Library
Daley Library - Special Collections/3rd floor (non-circ.)
PR9272.9.A5 A4 1981

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