Giller 2011 Long List

It seems to be a week of lists for me.  The Giller Prize 2011 long list was published today.  So many books, so little time.     Here's the list:

 

Bezmozgis, David | The Free World
published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

 

Blaise, Clark | The Meagre Tarmac
published by Biblioasis

 

Christie, Michael | The Beggar's Garden
published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

 

Coady, Lynn | The Antagonist
published by House of Anansi Press

 

deWitt, Patrick | The Sisters Brothers
published by House of Anansi Press

Readers' Choice winner

 

Dey, Myrna | Extensions
published by NeWest Press

 

Edugyan, Esi | Half-Blood Blues
published by Thomas Allen Publishers

 

Endicott, Marina | The Little Shadows
published by Doubleday Canada

 

Gartner, Zsuzsi | Better Living Through Plastic Explosives
published by Hamish Hamilton Canada

 

Gunn, Genni | Solitaria
published by Signature Editions

 

Holdstock, Pauline | Into the Heart of the Country
published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

 

Johnston, Wayne | A World Elsewhere
published by Knopf Canada

 

Laferrière, Dany
(trans. David Homel) | The Return
published by Douglas & McIntyre

 

Mayr, Suzette | Monoceros
published by Coach House Books

 

Ondaatje, Michael | The Cat's Table
published by McClelland & Stewart

 

Vanderhaeghe, Guy | A Good Man
published by McClelland & Stewart

 

Zentner, Alexi | Touch
published by Knopf Canada