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Information Commons Updates
The editors of the Book Shelf have selected these titles from the list of 100 Notable Books of 2008.
Fiction
- Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories (Steven Millhauser) (PS3563 .I422 D36 2008)
- A Mercy (Toni Morrison)
- Netherland (Joseph O’Neill) (PR6065 .N435 N48 2008)
- 2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
- Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri) (PS3562 .A317 U63 2008)
Nonfiction
- The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals (Jane Mayer) (E902 .M39 2008)
- The Forever War (Dexter Filkins) (DS79.76 .F53 2008)
- Nothing to be Frightened of (Julian Barnes) (PR6052 .A6657 Z46 2008)
- The Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Drew Gilpin Faust) (E468.9 .F385 2008)
- The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul (Patrick French) (PR9272.9 .N32 Z69 2008)
Source: The New York Times
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The 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize Winner Announced November 11, 2008:
The Giller Prize was founded in 1994 by Jack Rabinovitch in honour
of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, who passed away
from cancer the year before. The award recognized excellence in
Canadian fiction – long format or short stories – and
endowed a cash prize annually of $25,000.00, the largest purse for
literature in the country.
To see all of novels and authors chosen as finalists for the Giller Prize, please check out the long or short list.
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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction: This prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. This year the Man Booker Prize celebrates its 40th anniversary and there will be major celebrations, as well as the announcement of The Best of The Booker. Attached is the short list compiled by the 2008 judges; however, the 2008 winner has also been chosen: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga.
