2005 Winner: |
Terence Young, After Goodlake’s, Raincoast Books | |
“Jurors applauded Young’s book for its sheer readability, its wonderful sense of place and the intricate intertwining of the characters’ middle age angst with that of Victoria itself. “It really could not have been written anywhere else,” the judges concluded.”
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2005 Finalists: |
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| Anne Coleman | I’ll Tell You a Secret published by McLelland & Stewart |
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| Pauline Holdstock | Beyond Measure published by Cormorant Books |
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| Terence Young | After Goodlake’s published by Raincoast Books |
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| Mark Zuehlke | Juno Beach published by Douglas & McIntyre |
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| Jan Zwicky | Robinsons’s Crossing published by Brick Books |
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After Goodlake’s centers on Fergus, owner of the family business, Goodlake’s deli. Although married to Annie, whom he loves, Fergus is having an affair with a much younger woman—a relationship that starts out carefree but eventually, like a slow-building earthquake, destabilizes and collapse the foundation of everything in his life. With supple insight Young reveals how Fergus’ resulting crisis is by turns humorous, tragic and epic, involving not only his own story but that of a venerable business, generations of an eccentric family and an entire community of people. Here is a smart humane tale enlivened by its heart, its fearlessness and its wry, knowing humour.