{"id":6604,"date":"2011-11-08T22:59:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T02:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=6604"},"modified":"2016-07-11T11:47:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T15:47:59","slug":"2011-giller-prize-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/11\/08\/2011-giller-prize-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Giller Prize Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6529\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/10\/18\/esi-edugyan-half-blood-blues\/half-blood-blues\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Half-Blood-Blues.jpg?fit=343%2C530&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"343,530\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Half-Blood-Blues\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Half-Blood-Blues.jpg?fit=343%2C530&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6529\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Half-Blood-Blues-194x300.jpg?resize=194%2C300\" alt=\"Half-Blood-Blues\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Half-Blood-Blues.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Half-Blood-Blues.jpg?w=343&amp;ssl=1 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/>Tonight\u00a0<strong><em>Half-Blood Blues<\/em><\/strong>, by Esi Edugyan,\u00a0won the 2011 Giller Prize!<\/p>\n<p>I did really like that book, which was also shortlisted for this year&#8217;s Man Booker Prize.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a list of the shortlisted books, as well as links to the reviews the Shadow Giller cooked up for them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Free World<\/em>, by David Bezmozgis (<a title=\"Mookse Review of The Free World\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/09\/07\/david-bezmozgis-the-free-world\/\">Mookse<\/a>, <a title=\"KFC's Review of The Free World\" href=\"http:\/\/kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/21\/the-free-world-by-david-bezmozgis\/\" target=\"_blank\">KFC<\/a>, <a title=\"Kim's Review of The Free World\" href=\"http:\/\/kimbofo.typepad.com\/readingmatters\/2011\/10\/the-free-world-by-david-bezmozgis.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kimbofo<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Antagonist<\/em>, by Lynn Coady (<a title=\"Mookse Review of The Antagonist\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/11\/08\/lynn-coady-the-antagonist\/\">Mookse<\/a>, <a title=\"KFC's Review of The Antagonist\" href=\"http:\/\/kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/26\/the-antagonist-by-lynn-coady\/\" target=\"_blank\">KFC<\/a>, <a title=\"Kim's Review of The Antagonist\" href=\"http:\/\/kimbofo.typepad.com\/readingmatters\/2011\/10\/the-antagonist-by-lynn-coady.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kimbofo<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Sisters Brothers<\/em>, by Patrcik deWitt (<a title=\"Mookse Review of The Sisters Brothers\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/08\/17\/patrick-dewitt-the-sisters-brothers\/\">Mookse<\/a>, <a title=\"KFC's Review of The Sisters Brothers\" href=\"http:\/\/kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/04\/the-sisters-brothers-by-patrick-dewitt\/\" target=\"_blank\">KFC<\/a>, <a title=\"Kim's Review of The Sisters Brothers\" href=\"http:\/\/kimbofo.typepad.com\/readingmatters\/2011\/09\/the-sisters-brothers-by-patrick-dewitt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kimbofo<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em>Half-Blood Blues<\/em>, by Esi Edugyan (<a title=\"Mookse Review of Half-Blood Blues\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/10\/18\/esi-edugyan-half-blood-blues\/\">Mookse<\/a>, <a title=\"KFC's Review of Half-Blood Blues\" href=\"http:\/\/kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/12\/half-blood-blues-by-esi-edugyan\/\" target=\"_blank\">KFC<\/a>, <a title=\"Kim's Review of Half-Blood Blues\" href=\"http:\/\/kimbofo.typepad.com\/readingmatters\/2011\/11\/half-blood-blues-by-esi-edugyan.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kimbofo<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em>Better Living Through Plastic Explosives<\/em>, by Zsuzsi Gartner\u00a0(<a title=\"Mookse Review of Better Living Through Plastic Explosives\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/10\/03\/zsuzsi-gartner-better-living-through-plastic-explosives\/\">Mookse<\/a>, <a title=\"KFC's Review of Better Living Through Plastic Explosives\" href=\"http:\/\/kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/07\/better-living-through-plastic-explosives-by-zsuzsi-gartner\/\">KFC<\/a>, Kimbofo)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Cat&#8217;s Table<\/em>, by Michael Ondaatje (<a title=\"Mookse Review of The Cat's Table\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/10\/14\/michael-ondaatje-the-cats-table-2\/\">Mookse<\/a>, <a title=\"Mookse Review of The Cat's Table\" href=\"http:\/\/kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/08\/the-cats-table-by-michael-ondaatje\/\" target=\"_blank\">KFC<\/a>, <a title=\"Kim's Review of The Cat's Table\" href=\"http:\/\/kimbofo.typepad.com\/readingmatters\/2011\/09\/the-cats-table-by-michael-ondaatje.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kimbofo<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Giller Prize winner has been announced. <a href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2011\/11\/08\/2011-giller-prize-winner\/\"><u>Read the full 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