Bellevue Square

$19.71
by Michael Redhill

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'Unsettling and bewildering. I was totally hooked' - Sam Baker, The PoolWinner of the 2017 Scotiabank Giller PrizeJean Mason has a doppelganger.She's never seen her, but others* swear they have.*others noun. A peculiar collection of drug addicts, scam artists, philanthropists, philosophers and vagrants the regulars of Bellevue Square.Jean lives in downtown Toronto with her husband and two kids. The proud owner of a thriving bookstore, she doesn t rattle easily not like she used to. But after two of her customers insist they ve seen her double, Jean decides to investigate. Curiosity grows to obsession and soon Jean s concerns shift from the identity of the woman, to her very own.Funny, dark and surprising, Bellevue Square takes readers down the existentialist rabbit hole and asks the question: what happens when the sense you ve made of things stops making sense'Highly original, beautiful and unsettling. Michael Redhill takes a fascinating premise and turns it into something utterly mesmerising. I adored it' - Chris Whitaker, author of Tall Oaks and All the Wicked Girls'An ambitious and engrossing novel by a writer at the height of his powers' - G J Minett, author of Lie in Wait and The Hidden Legacy'Mystifying and haunting... as captivating as it is unsettling' - Toronto Star'Echoes of premises mined by the likes of Philip K. Dick, Kazuo Ishiguro and Stephen King... our admiration of Redhill's storytelling dexterity burgeons' - Globe and Mail

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