Scotiabank Giller Prize
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, and was a shortlisted nominee for the 2013
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
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.
The book gained renewed attention in 2014, when broadcaster
Jian Ghomeshi
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cited the story "An Otherworld", which contained some
BDSM
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The Globe and Mail
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'', October 27, 2014.
Stories
*"Wireless"
*"Hellgoing"
*"Dogs in Clothes"
*"Take this and Eat It"
*"An Otherworld"
*"Clear Skies"
*"The Natural Elements"
*"Body Condom"
*"Mr. Hope"