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, KFC, Kimbofo)
• The Antagonist, by Lynn Coady (Mookse, KFC, Kimbofo)
• The Sisters Brothers, by Patrcik deWitt (Mookse, KFC, Kimbofo)
• Half-Blood Blues, by Esi Edugyan (Mookse, KFC, Kimbofo)
• Better Living Through Plastic Explosives, by Zsuzsi Gartner (Mookse, KFC, Kimbofo)
• The Cat’s Table, by Michael Ondaatje (Mookse, KFC, Kimbofo)

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