André Forget is a Canadian writer,[1] whose debut novel In the City of Pigs was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize[2] and shortlisted for the 2023 Amazon.ca First Novel Award.[3]
Forget was born in Toronto, Ontario, and grew up in Mount Forest.[4] He is a former editor of the literary magazine The Puritan.[4]
In the City of Pigs grew out of a short story Forget wrote for a collaborative arts group led by his friend Joel Peters, on the prompt of an underwater organ.[1] The full novel centres on Alexander Otkazov, a failed classical musician who moves to Toronto and becomes drawn into a shady real estate cabal.[5]
References
- 1 2 Ariel Deutschmann, "Mount Forest author longlisted for Scotiabank Giller Prize". Elora Fergus Today, September 15, 2022.
- ↑ "14 Canadian authors longlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books, September 6, 2022.
- ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Billy-Ray Belcourt, Jessica Johns among 2023 Amazon Canada First Novel finalists". Quill & Quire, May 4, 2023.
- 1 2 "The CBC Books summer reading list: 45 cool books to read while the weather heats up". CBC Books, June 23, 2022.
- ↑ Emily Donaldson, "38 books to get you through summer". The Globe and Mail, June 4, 2022.
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