Litbloggers weigh in on Giller picks
A brief survey of responses to yesterday’s Giller shortlist announcement:
- Bookninja argues that Marina Endicott’s Good to a Fault got the nod by advertising on Bookninja.com
- Oddsmaker Pinnacle Sports places the smart money on Rawi Hage’s Cockroach
- IFOA blogger Andrew Westoll feels bad that Nino Ricci and Steven Galloway were left off
- Alberta librarian Peter Bailey bemoans the lack of Western Canadian nominees
Bob Rae now wears contact lenses to look younger but still lacks vision. Miss A is on a youth kick since her great love boat discovery of two Gillers past. Nino should have been on the list and so too Kathlyn Bradshaw for the Frankenstein Murders. And Ken Harvey. But the new wave is here and the
Giller seems a little more vital for it.
Either you’re being drier than a cork leg, which I would admire, or you’ve missed the self-deprecation and sarcasm in my post.
The general public seems to take to Mary Swan’s “Boys in the Trees”…visit www.guessthegiller.ca to enter your votes. As a bonus there are some great prizes to be won too!