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Author | Thomas King |
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Audio read by | Keith Sellon-Wright |
Language | English |
Genre | Literary fiction |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 25 August 2020 |
Publication place | Canada |
Media type | Print (hardcover), audiobook |
ISBN | 9781443460545 |
Indians on Vacation is a novel by Canadian writer Thomas King, published in 2020 by HarperCollins. [1] The novel focuses on Bird and Mimi, a First Nations couple who are travelling in Europe following the discovery of a trove of old postcards from Mimi's late uncle Leroy, who absconded with a valuable family heirloom 100 years earlier but never returned. [2]
The novel won the 2021 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. [3] It was longlisted for the 2020 Giller Prize [4] and shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2020 Governor General's Awards. [5]
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize | — | Shortlisted | |
Giller Prize | — | Longlisted | [6] | |
Governor General's Awards | Fiction (English) | Finalist | ||
2021 | Evergreen Award | — | Finalist | [7] |
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour | — | Won | ||
2022 | International Dublin Literary Award | — | Longlisted | [8] |