Less than a year ago, Esi Edugyan (pictured), was unsure if Half-Blood Blues would ever see the light of day. On Tuesday her sophomore novel was awarded the Scotiabank Giller Prize at a gala ceremony in Toronto, the latest curve in what has been a roller-coaster year for the 34-year-old author.
The CDN$50,000 (US$48,940) prize virtually guarantees that tens of thousands more copies of the novel, already a best-seller, will be sold in the coming months.
“It feels good,” said Ms.
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