Tonight Half-Blood Blues, by Esi Edugyan, won the 2011 Giller Prize!
I did really like that book, which was also shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize.
Here is a list of the shortlisted books, as well as links to the reviews the Shadow Giller cooked up for them.
- The Free World, by David Bezmozgis (Mookse [1], KFC [2], Kimbofo [3])
- The Antagonist, by Lynn Coady (Mookse [4], KFC [5], Kimbofo [6])
- The Sisters Brothers, by Patrcik deWitt (Mookse [7], KFC [8], Kimbofo [9])
- Half-Blood Blues, by Esi Edugyan (Mookse [10], KFC [11], Kimbofo [12])
- Better Living Through Plastic Explosives, by Zsuzsi Gartner (Mookse [13], KFC [14], Kimbofo)
- The Cat’s Table, by Michael Ondaatje (Mookse [15], KFC [16], Kimbofo [17])

