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One Canadian on NY Times‘ best books list

So The New York Times has just unveiled its annual “100 Notable Books of the Year” list, and there ain’t a lot of Cancon on it. The only Canadian author we spotted was (surprise!) Alice Munro, for The View from Castle Rock, which, having been released here in 2006, just seems sooo yesterday. Meanwhile, another likely contender – Michael Ondaatje’s Divisadero – is nowhere to be seen.

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  1. Mixed Media: Boer War chore, go go Munro - The Ampersand says:

    [...] are taking revenge on us for beating their currency, maybe. Quill & Quire’s quick-footed Quillblog has noted that only one Canadian cracked The New York Times’ 100 notable books of 2007 list, [...]

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