Conspiracies and paranoia sweep across England in the aftermathof the French Revolution, landing tea broker James Tilly Matthews in BethlemHospital, a notorious, crumbling home for the insane. Although delusional,Matthews also appears to be incarcerated for unspecified political reasons, apawn in a cruel game of ambition and power.Extraordinarily evocative of time and place, Bedlam sweepsthe reader into a world teetering between darkness and light, love and hate.Intellectually daring and profoundly moving, this is another masterwork from aGovernor General’s Award–winning author.