![]() ![]() The opening chapters have all the hallmarks of a mystery thriller, but mid-way through it takes a dramatic turn and becomes a wonderful examination of mental illness, consciousness, identity and the blurring of lines between truth, reality and imagination. But when I picked up this book - ordered on import from Canada (there doesn’t even seem to be a UK publication date) - I discovered that it’s so-called billing wasn’t entirely correct.īellevue Square is one of those novels that starts off as one thing before it morphs into another. ![]() When I found out that Michael Redhill’s Bellevue Square was billed as a thriller, I wondered how it had slipped onto this year’s Giller Prize shortlist, which is primarily for literary fiction. Fiction – hardcover Doubleday Canada 262 pages 2017. ![]()
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