Oct 01 2012
The following five books have been shortlisted for the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The winner of the C$50,000 will be announced at a ceremony on October 30. Fifty-one publishing houses submitted 142 titles for consideration, the three person jury consists of novelists Gary Shteyngart and Roddy Doyle, and Canadian publisher Anna Porter.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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