Pick a Color
by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Buy on AmazonIn Canada, Souvankham Thammavongsa won the 2025 Giller Prize for Pick a Color , a wickedly funny novel about the immigrant experience that follows a nail salon worker over the course of a day. “I live in a world of Susans,” she writes. “I got name tags for everyone who works at this nail salon, and on every one is printed the name ‘Susan.'”
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"In Canada, Souvankham Thammavongsa won the 2025 Giller Prize for Pick a Color , a wickedly funny novel about the immigrant experience that follows a nail salon worker over the course of a day. “I live in a world of Susans,” she writes. “I got name tags for everyone who works at this nail salon, and on every one is printed the name ‘Susan.'”"
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