A National Bestseller
Winner, Governor General’s Award for Fiction
Shortisted, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Shortlisted, Best Book, Canada and the
Caribbean, Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
“Elle is a magnificent hail Mary of pure imagination…
a ribald, raunchy wit with a talent for searing self-investigation.”
— The Globe and Mail
“A magical novel that manages to plumb the depths of religious
wonderment, even while it is also a wild, nearly pagan celebration
of what is ribald in man and nature.” — Oscar Hijuelos
“Only Douglas Glover could write such a bawdy, outrageously
modern historical novel.” — Michael Winter
“Douglas Glover imagines our history as no one else can… Equal to
Solomon Gursky in its contribution to Canadian mythography.”
— Toronto Star
“Knotty, intelligent, often raucously funny.” — Maclean’s
“A packed read, delivering imagery, history, humour, and
wonderfully creative writing.” — Edmonton Journal
“A wickedly smart narrative and a post-modern,
wise-cracking approach to history.” — Calgary Herald
“A boisterously bawdy re-dreaming of the birth of the nation.”
— Kitchener-Waterloo Record
“A historical novel with a postmodern heart… Elle occupies a
frozen nether world between fantasy and reality.”
— Winnipeg Free Press