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| Author | Colin McDougall |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | War |
| Set in | Italy |
| Publisher | New Canadian Library |
Publication date | 1958 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 312 |
| Awards | Governor General's Award for English-language fiction |
| ISBN | 978-0771094392 |
Execution is a 1958 war novel by Canadian novelist and Second World War veteran Colin McDougall (1917–1984). Although it won McDougall the 1958 Governor General's Award for English-language fiction, it was his only novel, and after publishing it to wide acclaim he retreated into a quiet life as Registrar of McGill University in Montreal. Nevertheless, Execution stands with Timothy Findley's The Wars and Hugh MacLennan's Barometer Rising as one of the most widely read and studied Canadian war novels of the twentieth century.