Although she sees no one who looks like her, it only takes a few visits to the park for her to become obsessed with the possibility of encountering her twin in the flesh. She begins at the crossroads of Kensington Market: a city park called Bellevue Square. But after two customers insist they've seen her double, Jean decides to investigate. Jean's a grown woman with a husband and two kids as well as a thriving bookstore in downtown Toronto, and she doesn't rattle easily - not like she used to. Apparently, her identical twin hangs out in Kensington Market, where she sometimes buys churros and drags an empty shopping cart down the streets, like she's looking for something to put in it. She's never seen her, but others swear they have. 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.A darkly comic literary thriller about a woman who fears for her sanity - and then her life - when she learns that her doppelganger has appeared in a local park.

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. 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.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Redhill was raised in the metropolitan Toronto, Ontario area. Michael Redhill is an American-born Canadian poet, playwright and novelist.

Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill