André Forget is a Canadian writer,Ariel Deutschmann, "Mount Forest author longlisted for Scotiabank Giller Prize". Elora Fergus Today, September 15, 2022. whose debut novel In the City of Pigs was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize"14 Canadian authors longlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books, September 6, 2022. and shortlisted for the 2023 Amazon.ca First Novel Award.Cassandra Drudi, "Billy-Ray Belcourt, Jessica Johns among 2023 Amazon Canada First Novel finalists". Quill & Quire, May 4, 2023.
Forget was born in Toronto, Ontario, and grew up in Mount Forest."The CBC Books summer reading list: 45 cool books to read while the weather heats up". CBC Books, June 23, 2022. He is a former editor of the literary magazine The Puritan.
In the City of Pigs grew out of a short story Forget wrote for a collaborative arts group led by his friend Joel Peters, on the prompt of an underwater organ. The full novel centres on Alexander Otkazov, a failed classical musician who moves to Toronto and becomes drawn into a shady real estate cabal.Emily Donaldson, "38 books to get you through summer". The Globe and Mail, June 4, 2022.
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