Last week’s Giller Prize in Canada ended up in a tie between “Mercy Among the Children” by David Adams Richards and “Anil’s Ghost” by Michael Ondaatje. “Nobody likes a tie, except the co-winners; half a prize has got to be better than no prize at all. For the rest of us though, a tie is unsettling. Why can’t the judges make up their minds? Are they cowards, in thrall to their friends, or just plain lazy?” – The Globe and Mail (Canada)