419 (novel)

419
First edition cover
Author	Will Ferguson
Language	English
Genre	fiction
Publisher	Penguin Canada
Publication date	2012
Publication place	Canada
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
ISBN	978-0143176015
OCLC	8849873414

419 is a novel by Canadian writer Will Ferguson. Published by Penguin Canada in 2012, the novel was the winner of the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize.^[1]

Titled for the section of the Nigerian Criminal Code that deals with fraud, the events of the novel are set in motion by Henry Curtis, a retired school teacher in Calgary, Alberta, who dies in a car accident after becoming embroiled in an advance-fee fraud scam that has left his family destitute. Following his death, his daughter Laura travels to Lagos, Nigeria, in an attempt to track down and bring to justice the perpetrator of the scam.^[2]

Prior to the novel's publication, Ferguson was known primarily as a writer of humor literature.^[1] At the Giller Prize gala, he told the media that the novel "began with the thought that maybe there really is a Nigerian prince somewhere who can't gain his freedom for lack of funds...but when I started writing it, the story began to turn dark, all by itself."^[1]

Reception

The novel received generally positive reviews. The Globe and Mail called it "Riveting. Provocative."^[3] The Toronto Star called it "a persuasive work of fiction based on a very original premise."^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Quill, Greg (October 31, 2012). "Will Ferguson takes Giller Prize for novel 419". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017.
^ T. F. Rigelhof, "Revenge, honour and oil in Nigeria". The Globe and Mail, April 13, 2012.
^ Rigelhof, T.F. "Revenge, honour and oil in Nigeria". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^ Hunter, Jennifer. "419 by Will Ferguson: Review". Toronto Star. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

v t e Recipients of the Giller Prize
1990s	M. G. Vassanji, The Book of Secrets (1994) Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance (1995) Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace (1996) Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version (1997) Alice Munro, The Love of a Good Woman (1998) Bonnie Burnard, A Good House (1999)
2000s	Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost / David Adams Richards, Mercy among the Children (2000) Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan (2001) Austin Clarke, The Polished Hoe (2002) M. G. Vassanji, The In-Between World of Vikram Lall (2003) Alice Munro, Runaway (2004) David Bergen, The Time in Between (2005) Vincent Lam, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (2006) Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air (2007) Joseph Boyden, Through Black Spruce (2008) Linden MacIntyre, The Bishop's Man (2009)
2010s	Johanna Skibsrud, The Sentimentalists (2010) Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues (2011) Will Ferguson, 419 (2012) Lynn Coady, Hellgoing (2013) Sean Michaels, Us Conductors (2014) André Alexis, Fifteen Dogs (2015) Madeleine Thien, Do Not Say We Have Nothing (2016) Michael Redhill, Bellevue Square (2017) Esi Edugyan, Washington Black (2018) Ian Williams, Reproduction (2019)
2020s	Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife (2020) Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise (2021) Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter (2022) Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience (2023) Anne Michaels, Held (2024)

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