Iain Reid and Suzette Mayr find themselves included in a surprising GG shortlist for English-language fiction
The last of the big three shortlists to be announced, the GGs will be the first to unveil their winners, on November 8.
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A Blog About Books and Reading
The last of the big three shortlists to be announced, the GGs will be the first to unveil their winners, on November 8.
"The intent of the book felt very particular."
Klein's sprawling, anxious, scattershot approach to her material offers an objective correlative of what she claims was her mental state leading up to the writing of the book.
"My next task is to figure out how to do audiobooks."
Other considerations aside, this represents one of the strongest Giller shortlists in years.
The more obviously generic elements of the story are less unsettling than the very real horrors of racism and family strife.
Only one writer on this year's list, Emma Donoghue, has won the prize previously.
Indigo can't fail, but it also appears less and less interested in operating primarily as a bookseller.
Twelve titles in total made the 2023 longlist, which was culled from a record-setting 145 submissions.
City in Flames and Camp Zero address societal discord via imaginative scenarios that only slightly exaggerated from the evening news.