Clark Blaise: Indian Immigrant

German Jazz Dept: They are among a colourful cast of characters from novels by a new generation of Canadian writers selected Wednesday as finalists for the Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize, which celebrates the year s best novel or short story collection, according to The Star. Clark Blaise for The Meagre Tarmac Biblioasis , a collection of short stories that includes the angst-filled narrative of a doctor who contemplates sending his American-born daughter to his native Mumbai and a brilliant black German jazz musician who is arrested by the Nazis and is never heard from again. An Indian immigrant troubled by the influences of western society on his teenaged daughter. And two 19th century hitmen, one a ruthless killer, the other a reluctant assassin prone to falling in love. The finalists are: (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.