The Canadian Press

High school teacher makes Giller short list

TORONTO — Anthony De Sa was teaching ‘‘The Great Gatsby’’ to a high school English class Tuesday morning when he learned his short story collection ‘‘Barnacle Love’’ had been shortlisted for the lucrative Scotiabank Giller Prize.

His students, he said, were ‘‘unbelievably ecstatic’’ about his first book being named as one of the year’s best in Canadian literature.

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