Margaret
Atwood John Bemrose
John Gould
Ann-Marie MacDonald
M.G. Vassanji
2003 Jury Panel 2003
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M.G.
Vassanji
THE IN-BETWEEN WORLD OF VIKRAM LALL
Doubleday Canada
It is 1953 in colonial Kenya, and eight-year-old
Vikram Lall witnesses the celebration of Queen
Elizabeth’s coronation, even as the Mau Mau guerrilla
war challenges British rule. Vic and his sister Deepa must
find their place in this uncertain world of violent upheaval,
confusing loyalties and conflicting ideologies. The brother
and sister, who are of Indian origin, find themselves in
between their newly-acquired playmates - the British Bill
and Annie, and the African Njoroge. These friendships will
haunt them the rest of their lives. The In-Between World
of Vikram Lall is told in the voice of the exiled Vic
from the shores of Lake Ontario, as he contemplates the
historical events that have shaped him and the choices he
has made.
M.G. Vassanji was born in Kenya and raised in Tanzania.
Before coming to Canada in 1978, he attended M.I.T., and
later was writer in residence at the University of Iowa.
Vassanji is the author of four acclaimed novels: The
Gunny Sack (1989), which won a regional Commonwealth
Prize; No New Land (1991); The Book of Secrets
(1994), which won the inaugural Giller Prize as well as
The Bressani Prize; and Amrika (1999) He is also
the author of a collection of short stories, Uhuru
(1992). M.G. Vassanji lives in Toronto with his wife and
two sons.
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Margaret Atwood
John Bemrose
John Gould Ann-Marie
MacDonald M.G. Vassanji
2003 Jury Panel 2003
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