The Boulevard

<p><em>The Boulevard </em>is an ambitious novel featuring Ernest Hemingway Vincent van Gogh Satan and a train ride through Hell.</p><p></p><p>For the first time since Satan's banishment God plans a visit to the lower world and Satan is in a bind. In defiance he has built Hell in the image of Heaven but now he must destroy its beauty or face God's wrath. Singed with dark humour packed with historical detail and written in Edson's straightforward style with themes that include the search for happiness and the importance of staying true to oneself <em>The Boulevard</em> is first and foremost a testament to the undeniable power of art.</p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(54 55 55 1)>A well-crafted novel by Jerrod Edson. Art lovers will appreciate all the details of Van Gogh's life as well as those of his contemporaries.</span></p><p>-- The Seaboard Review</p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(59 59 61 1)>Any reader who has an interest in art history theology and literature will be spellbound by the way Edson integrates them into the compelling magical realism of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(59 59 61 1)>The Boulevard</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(59 59 61 1)>.</span></p><p>-- Prism International</p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)> A visionary work that turns popular myth on its head and its weirdness is essential to the singular fictional world it convincingly evokes. Jarrod Edson writing with great confidence proves there is nothing beyond the scope of his imaginative powers. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>The Boulevard</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)> his sixth novel is an irreverent triumph.</span></p><p>-- Ian Colford author</p><p></p><p>Jerrod Edson was born in Saint John NB in 1974. He lives in Mississauga ON with his wife Leigh and daughters Hadley and Harper. <em>The Boulevard</em> is his sixth novel.</p>