Critical Praise

"MARTIN SLOANE is such a good novel it is hard to believe it is Michael Redhill's first. Lyrical, funny, moving, and writerly in the most engaging way, it deserves a wide readership."

——Wayne Johnston, author of THE COLONY OF UNREQUITED DREAMS

"Michael Redhill is a writer of considerable humanity and insight. His first novel is a highly crafted and subtly disturbing delight."

——A.L. Kennedy, author of ON BULLFIGHTING, ORIGINAL BLISS, and EVERYTHING YOU NEED

"MARTIN SLOANE sails right along, buoyed by graceful plotting and many surprises - but it also unnerves, which makes it a very satisfying novel indeed. Loyalty and loss come under close scrutiny here, and no reader will walk away from this story without feeling the excitement that arrives when assumptions get boldly rocked. This one's a keeper."

——Martha Cooley, author of THE ARCHIVIST

"Michael Redhill has created a thoughtful, quietly engrossing novel whose truths are all the more powerful for the delicacy with which they are revealed."

——Myla Goldberg, author of BEE SEASON

"MARTIN SLOANE is a deeply moving first novel that reveals human truths with grace and humor. Michael Redhill's portrait of the artist and the magnetic influence on those around him is profound and full of affection. It is a book of constant surprises."

——Michael Ondaatje, author of THE ENGLISH PATIENT and ANIL'S GHOST

"A powerful story.... For a first novel, even one polished through a dozen drafts over ten years, Martin Sloane is remarkably assured."

——Brian Bethune, Maclean's

"A memorable and satisfying read, Redhill's book leaves the reader with a child's sense of nostalgia and a sympathy for the impasses of adulthood."

——Publishers Weekly

"Mild and beautiful on the surface, Martin Sloane has explosives buried quietly in its emotional landscape.... The pacing of Redhill's writing is marvelous.... His language is masterful.... Martin Sloane is a subtle and intimate novel that warns us how gray and empty life becomes when we settle for bad copies, for unsatisfying imitations of real things."

——Beverly Daurio, Globe & Mail