Giller Lite: peek inside Canada’s six best books of the year

Giller Lite: peek inside Canada’s six best books of the year

On November 10, one Canadian author will become $100,000 richer when the winner of this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize is named at a black-tie gala at the Ritz-Carlton. Don’t know your Bezmozgis from your Toews? Toronto Life, Quill & Quire and the Giller are teaming up to bring you excerpts from each of the six finalists.

Giller Prize 2014 Shortlist: The Betrayers

The Betrayers by David Bezmozgis
A tale of political scandal and personal revenge set in contemporary Israel
Giller Prize 2014 Shortlist: Tell

Tell by Frances Itani
Canlit staples are everywhere, here, from small-town isolation, to unhappy marriages and post-war depression
Giller Prize 2014 Shortlist: Us Conductors

Us Conductors by Sean Michaels
A fictionalized telling of the life of KGB spy and theremin inventor Lev Termen
Giller Prize 2014 Shortlist: The Girl Who Was Saturday Night

The Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Heather O’Neill
Child-star twins navigate life in gritty Montreal during the 1995 Quebec referendum
Giller Prize 2014 Shortlist: All My Puny Sorrows

All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
A funny and devastatingly sad novel about a writer’s relationship with her suicidal sister
Giller Prize 2014 Shortlist: The Ever After of Ashwin Rao

The Ever After of Ashwin Rao by Padma Viswanathan
A psychologist returns to Canada to study survivor grief 20 years after the 1985 Air India bombing