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Through Black Spruce

by Joseph Boyden

Scotiabank Giller Prize · 2008 · Winner
Viking Canadaliterary-fictionISBN 9780670067459

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Scotiabank Giller Prize2008Winner

About This Book

Two interwoven narratives: bush pilot Will Bird lies in a coma while his niece Annie searches for her missing sister in Toronto's dangerous drug world. Winner of the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

About the Author

Joseph Boyden is a Canadian author whose novels about Indigenous Canadians, including Three Day Road and Through Black Spruce, won the Giller Prize and the Amazon Canada First Novel Award. His claims to Indigenous heritage have been contested.

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