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Canada Reads Recap: Nikolski Earns the Sticker
Ah, Canada Reads. The yearly debate wherein Jian Ghomeshi and five celebrity panelists decide which book should become this year’s best-selling smash. Canada Reads is our very own Oprah Book Club sticker. And this year, the honour goes to Nikolski. Written by Nicolas Dickner and translated by Lazer Lederhendler, Nikolski is a fragmented and funny romp that travels from a rural Quebec fishing village to South America and back again as three strange, loosely related characters try to figure out where they belong. There’s also post offices, a fish shop, archaeology, maps, computers, compasses, and garbage. Lots of garbage.
The best book won.
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