The six finalists for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize:
(Read the first few pages of each novel.)
"The Cat's Table"
by Michael Ondaatje.
"Half-Blood Blues"
by Esi Edugyan
"Better Living Through Plastic Explosives"
by Gartner, Zsuzsi
"The Sisters Brothers"
by Patrick DeWitt
"The Free World"
by David Bezmozgis
"The Antagonist"
by Lynn Coady
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