John Ralston Saul holds a Ph.D. from King's College, London, has run a Paris-based investment firm and worked as an oil executive. In addition to the four novels being reissued by Vintage Canada, his works include Voltaire's Bastards, The Doubter's Companion and The Unconscious Civilization, a book based on his 1995 Massey Lecture and winner of the Governor General's Award for non-fiction. His work has been published in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Asia.
--
