Scotiabank Giller Prize
Selections from the 2018 Longlist
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Washington Black
- Written by: Esi Edugyan
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
When two English brothers arrive at a Barbados sugar plantation, they bring with them a darkness beyond what the slaves have already known. Washington Black - an 11-year-old field slave - is horrified to find himself chosen to live in the quarters of one of these men. But the man is not as Washington expects him to be. His new master is the eccentric Christopher Wilde - naturalist, explorer, inventor and abolitionist - whose obsession to perfect a winged flying machine disturbs all who know him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Read!
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-09-10
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Motherhood
- A Novel
- Written by: Sheila Heti
- Narrated by: Sheila Heti
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4 out of 5 stars 11
In Motherhood, Sheila Heti asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother, treating the most consequential decision of early adulthood with candor, originality, and humor. In her late 30s, when her friends are asking when they will become mothers, the narrator of Heti’s intimate and urgent audiobook considers whether she will do so at all. In a narrative spanning several years, casting among the influence of her peers, partner, and her duties to her forebearers, she struggles to make a wise and moral choice.
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Our Homesick Songs
- Written by: Emma Hooper
- Narrated by: Nicole Power
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Newfoundland, 1992. When all the fish vanish from the waters and the cod industry abruptly collapses, it's not long before the residents are forced to leave the island in search of work, and 10-year-old Finn Connor suddenly finds himself living in a ghost town. There's no school, no friends, and whole rows of houses stand abandoned. And then Finn's parents announce that they too must separate if their family is to survive. But Finn still has his sister, Cora, with whom he counts the dwindling boats on the coast at night, and Mrs. Callaghan, who teaches him the strange and ancient melodies of their native Ireland.
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An Ocean of Minutes
- A Novel
- Written by: Thea Lim
- Narrated by: Lisa Rost-Welling
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 3
America is in the grip of a deadly flu pandemic. When Frank catches the virus, his girlfriend Polly will do whatever it takes to save him, even if it means risking everything. She agrees to a radical plan. Time travel has been invented; if she signs up for a one-way trip into the future to work as a bonded labourer, the company will pay for the life-saving treatment Frank needs. Polly promises to meet Frank again in Galveston, Texas, where she will arrive in 12 years. But when Polly is re-routed an extra five years into the future, Frank is nowhere to be found.
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Vi
- Written by: Kim Thuy, Sheila Fischman - translator
- Narrated by: Kim Thuy
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
The youngest of four children and the only girl, Vi was given a name that meant "precious, tiny one", destined to be cosseted and protected, the family's little treasure. Daughter of an enterprising mother and a wealthy, spoiled father who never had to grow up, the Vietnam War destroys the life they've known. Vi, along with her mother and brothers, manages to escape - but her father stays behind, leaving a painful void as the rest of the family must make a new life for themselves in Canada.
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Beirut Hellfire Society
- Written by: Rawi Hage
- Narrated by: Ali Momen
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Beirut Hellfire Society is a brilliant return to the world Rawi Hage first imagined in his extraordinary, award-winning first novel De Niro's Game. Beirut Hellfire Society follows Pavlov, the 20-something son of an undertaker, who, after his father's death, is approached by a member of the mysterious Hellfire Society - an anti-religious sect that, among their many rebellious and often salacious activities, arrange secret burial for those who have been denied it because the deceased was homosexual, atheist, or otherwise outcast and abandoned by their family, church, and state.
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Washington Black
- Written by: Esi Edugyan
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
When two English brothers arrive at a Barbados sugar plantation, they bring with them a darkness beyond what the slaves have already known. Washington Black - an 11-year-old field slave - is horrified to find himself chosen to live in the quarters of one of these men. But the man is not as Washington expects him to be. His new master is the eccentric Christopher Wilde - naturalist, explorer, inventor and abolitionist - whose obsession to perfect a winged flying machine disturbs all who know him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Read!
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-09-10
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Motherhood
- A Novel
- Written by: Sheila Heti
- Narrated by: Sheila Heti
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4 out of 5 stars 11
In Motherhood, Sheila Heti asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother, treating the most consequential decision of early adulthood with candor, originality, and humor. In her late 30s, when her friends are asking when they will become mothers, the narrator of Heti’s intimate and urgent audiobook considers whether she will do so at all. In a narrative spanning several years, casting among the influence of her peers, partner, and her duties to her forebearers, she struggles to make a wise and moral choice.
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Our Homesick Songs
- Written by: Emma Hooper
- Narrated by: Nicole Power
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Newfoundland, 1992. When all the fish vanish from the waters and the cod industry abruptly collapses, it's not long before the residents are forced to leave the island in search of work, and 10-year-old Finn Connor suddenly finds himself living in a ghost town. There's no school, no friends, and whole rows of houses stand abandoned. And then Finn's parents announce that they too must separate if their family is to survive. But Finn still has his sister, Cora, with whom he counts the dwindling boats on the coast at night, and Mrs. Callaghan, who teaches him the strange and ancient melodies of their native Ireland.
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An Ocean of Minutes
- A Novel
- Written by: Thea Lim
- Narrated by: Lisa Rost-Welling
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 3
America is in the grip of a deadly flu pandemic. When Frank catches the virus, his girlfriend Polly will do whatever it takes to save him, even if it means risking everything. She agrees to a radical plan. Time travel has been invented; if she signs up for a one-way trip into the future to work as a bonded labourer, the company will pay for the life-saving treatment Frank needs. Polly promises to meet Frank again in Galveston, Texas, where she will arrive in 12 years. But when Polly is re-routed an extra five years into the future, Frank is nowhere to be found.
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Vi
- Written by: Kim Thuy, Sheila Fischman - translator
- Narrated by: Kim Thuy
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
The youngest of four children and the only girl, Vi was given a name that meant "precious, tiny one", destined to be cosseted and protected, the family's little treasure. Daughter of an enterprising mother and a wealthy, spoiled father who never had to grow up, the Vietnam War destroys the life they've known. Vi, along with her mother and brothers, manages to escape - but her father stays behind, leaving a painful void as the rest of the family must make a new life for themselves in Canada.
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Beirut Hellfire Society
- Written by: Rawi Hage
- Narrated by: Ali Momen
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Beirut Hellfire Society is a brilliant return to the world Rawi Hage first imagined in his extraordinary, award-winning first novel De Niro's Game. Beirut Hellfire Society follows Pavlov, the 20-something son of an undertaker, who, after his father's death, is approached by a member of the mysterious Hellfire Society - an anti-religious sect that, among their many rebellious and often salacious activities, arrange secret burial for those who have been denied it because the deceased was homosexual, atheist, or otherwise outcast and abandoned by their family, church, and state.
Past Winners
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Bellevue Square
- Written by: Michael Redhill
- Narrated by: Sarah Mennell
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 123
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 121
A darkly comic literary thriller about a woman who fears for her sanity - and then her life - when she learns that her doppelganger has appeared in a local park....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Mind-Bending Must Read!
- By Amazon Customer on 2017-11-20
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Bellevue Square
- Narrated by: Sarah Mennell
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2017-11-10
- 2017 winner
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing
- Written by: Madeleine Thien
- Narrated by: Angela Lin
- Length: 20 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4 out of 5 stars 24
Thien takes us inside an extended family in China, showing us the lives of two successive generations - those who lived through Mao's Cultural Revolution in the mid-20th century....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Like Slow Poetry
- By Tee on 2018-04-02
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing
- Narrated by: Angela Lin
- Length: 20 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2016-10-11
- 2016 winner
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Fifteen Dogs
- Written by: André Alexis
- Narrated by: André Alexis
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 72
A bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo leads them to grant human consciousness and language to a group of dogs overnighting at a Toronto veterinary clinic....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant, unique, and entertaining!
- By Cameron Britton on 2018-04-05
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Fifteen Dogs
- Narrated by: André Alexis
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2016-04-06
- 2015 winner
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Us Conductors
- Written by: Sean Michaels
- Narrated by: Steve Coulter
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3
Locked in a cabin aboard a ship bearing him back to Russia and away from the love of his life, Lev Sergeyvich Termen begins to type his story....
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Us Conductors
- Narrated by: Steve Coulter
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-30
- 2014 winner
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Hellgoing
- Stories
- Written by: Lynn Coady
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
With astonishing range and depth, Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Lynn Coady gives us nine unforgettable new stories, each one of them grabbing our attention from the first line....
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Hellgoing
- Stories
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2017-07-19
- 2013 winner
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419
- Written by: Will Ferguson
- Narrated by: Pete Bradbury
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4 out of 5 stars 16
Will Ferguson takes listeners deep into the labyrinth of lies that is 419, winner of the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize....
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5 out of 5 stars
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At first I wasn’t sure-but then I fell in love!
- By Travelmug on 2018-02-26
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419
- Narrated by: Pete Bradbury
- Length: 13 hrs
- Release date: 2013-10-22
- 2012 winner
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The Sentimentalists
- Written by: Johanna Skibsrud
- Narrated by: Celeste Ciulla, Joey Collins, Greg Steinbruner
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
Johanna Skibsrud won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for this compelling debut novel. Napoleon Haskell lives in Casablanca, Ontario, on the shores of a man-made lake that covers the remains of the former town....
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The Sentimentalists
- Narrated by: Celeste Ciulla, Joey Collins, Greg Steinbruner
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2011-08-24
- 2010 winner
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The Bishop’s Man
- A Novel
- Written by: Linden Macintyre
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4
Award-winning Canadian journalist Linden MacIntyre’s The Bishop’s Man claimed the Scotiabank Giller Prize....
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The Bishop’s Man
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2010-06-23
- 2009 winner
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Through Black Spruce
- Written by: Joseph Boyden
- Narrated by: James Jenner
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 12
Cree bush pilot Will Bird lies comatose in a hospital, while his wayward niece Annie arrives to sit in silent vigil by his side....
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5 out of 5 stars
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timely statement of where we are
- By Gayle on 2018-09-14
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Through Black Spruce
- Narrated by: James Jenner
- Series: Bird Family Chronicles
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2009-05-05
- 2008 winner
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Runaway
- Stories
- Written by: Alice Munro
- Narrated by: Kymberly Dakin
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10
The stories in this collection are about women of all ages and circumstances. The runaway of the title story is a young woman who is incapable of leaving her husband....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great stories, one quibble on good narration
- By Elizabeth Theis on 2018-09-18
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Runaway
- Stories
- Narrated by: Kymberly Dakin
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2008-10-22
- 2004 winner
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The Polished Hoe
- Written by: Austin Clarke
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 11
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 11
Winner of both the Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, The Polished Hoe is acclaimed author Austin Clarke's masterpiece....
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5 out of 5 stars
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recommend
- By Sad face on 2018-09-12
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The Polished Hoe
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2009-11-13
- 2002 winner
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Barney's Version
- Written by: Mordecai Richler
- Narrated by: Graham Abbey
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Barney Panofsky - Canadian expat, wily lover of women, writer, television producer, raconteur - is finally putting pen to paper so he can rebut the charges about him made in his rival’s autobiography....
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Barney's Version
- Narrated by: Graham Abbey
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-23
- 1997 winner
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Alias Grace
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Sarah Gadon, Margaret Atwood
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 215
It's 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer and his housekeeper and mistress....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it.
- By Amazon Customer on 2017-11-16
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Alias Grace
- Narrated by: Sarah Gadon, Margaret Atwood
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2017-11-02
- 1996 winner
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A Fine Balance
- Written by: Rohinton Mistry
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 25 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story5 out of 5 stars 20
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Could not be better!
- By David B. on 2018-07-28
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A Fine Balance
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 25 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-19
- 1995 winner
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