Unsung CanLit Heroes 2012
Canadian Literature is a many-splendoured thing, quirky, surprising and impossible to pin down, and the books in our Unsung CanLit Heroes list are no exception. Compiled by our nation-wide community of readers at 49thShelf, these are the books of the year that didn’t necessarily get the hype they deserved, but which demonstrate the richness and breadth of Canadian books. And not least, they offer readers some mind-blowing reading experiences.
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Malarky
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Valery The Great
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Life Is About Losing Everything
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Mad Hope
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All the Voices Cry
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Bull Head
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Floating Like the Dead
Stories
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The Emperor of Paris
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Love Monster, The
A Novel
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Swallow
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The Blondes
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The Lava in My Bones
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Radio Belly
Stories
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Matter of Life and Death or Something, A
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Love and the Mess We’re In
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High-Water Mark
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How to Get Along With Women
Short Stories
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Omens in the Year of the Ox
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The Cloaca
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People Who Disappear
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