![]() ![]() ![]() The downside: It is another Holocaust novel, set in pre-war Berlin and early war Paris. In the meantime, a UK version published by Serpent’s Tail is on the market - and it has made the Booker longlist.įor this reader approaching the novel, there was both a downside and an upside, so let’s admit the biases upfront: Thomas Allen has rescued the book and it will be out later this month. Edugyan’s novel was scheduled for release in February this year but got caught in the bankruptcy proceedings which led to the shutdown of publisher Key Porter. Purchased from Half Blood Blues, the second novel from Canadian author Esi Edugyan, is still two weeks away from its Canadian release but already the book has acquired a “story” - one that invites comparison with last year’s Giller Prize winner, The Sentimentalists, and its intriguing publishing history. ![]()
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