He pursued one year of study at Indiana University, and then returned to Canada, completing his education at York University and the University of Toronto.

Michael Redhill is an American-born Canadian poet, playwright and novelist.īorn in Baltimore, Maryland, Redhill was raised in the metropolitan Toronto, Ontario area. His play, Building Jerusalem, depicts a meeting between Karl Pearson, Augusta Stowe-Gullen, Adelaide Hoodless, and Silas Tertius Rand on New Year's Eve night just prior to the 20th century. He was on the editorial board of Coach House Press from 1993 to 1996, and is currently the publisher and editor of the Canadian literary magazine Brick. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Redhill was raised in the metropolitan Toronto, Ontario area. Michael Redhill is an American-born Canadian poet, playwright and novelist. Michael Redhill takes a fascinating premise and turns it into something utterly mesmerising.Aka Inger Ash Wolfe. 'Highly original, beautiful and unsettling. 'There's plenty of fun to be had in this' - Daily Mail

surface reality becomes increasingly hard to pin down as the book moves towards its phantasmagorical climax' Curiosity grows to obsession and soon Jean's concerns shift from the identity of the woman, to her very own.įunny, 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? But after two of her customers insist they've seen her double, Jean decides to investigate. The proud owner of a thriving bookstore, she doesn't rattle easily – not like she used to. Jean lives in downtown Toronto with her husband and two kids. A peculiar collection of drug addicts, scam artists, philanthropists, philosophers and vagrants – the regulars of Bellevue Square. She's never seen her, but others* swear they have. Winner of the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize I was totally hooked' - Sam Baker, The Pool

What happens when the sense you've made of things stops making sense?

Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill