The nice thing about book bloggers is their willingness to share their posts on books I would like to read, but just can’t work them into my “to-be-read” stack. Here’s another Giller shortlist book reviewed by Naomi at Consumed by Ink.
What I love so much about reading the Giller books is that there are always surprises. I’m often reading books I hadn’t heard of before, books from authors I’ve never read before, and books I know very little about.
Add the fact that the books have been carefully chosen by a handful of smart and interesting judges, and you can be in for some unexpected treats.
Bellevue Square (2017, Doubleday Canada) was one of the books I knew very little about when I went into it. What I found was a clever, complex story that took me on endless twists and turns.
Bellevue Square tells the story of a woman (Jean) who hears from two different people that she has a doppelganager out there. She becomes obsessed with finding this woman who supposedly looks just like her, and starts hanging out at the park near Kensington Market. Here she meets several colourful characters, and starts canvassing them for their help in spotting her double.
Continue reading this review at Consumed by Ink: https://consumedbyink.ca/2017/11/10/giller-shortlist-bellevue-square-by-michael-redhill/
Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill
Doubleday Canada
Naomi MacKinnon is a mother, daughter, wife, sister, friend, pet-lover, reader, walker, camper, and Nova Scotian. Naomi has contributed several guest reviews over the years to The Miramichi Reader. Her book review blog is Consumed By Ink.
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