ideas of reference

Praise for Mike Barnes

“(ideas of reference) is an intricately structured rendering of madness and memory, a mix of hallucination and dense, concrete realism, which only makes the phantasmagoria of illusion all the more poignant. This is an amazing work—supremely intelligent, coolly self-analytical, eerie, melancholy, revelatory and terrifying.”
—Douglas Glover, winner of the Governor-General’s Award for Elle

“Timely, lyrical, tough, accurate.”
—Margaret Atwood on Twitter

“Masterful … The Adjustment League is suspenseful, exquisitely written and—at times—corrosively funny.”
—Maclean’s

“Fiercely alive, marked by a sharp, unerring eye for detail and a wonderful way with metaphors.”
—Toronto Star

“Poetically compelling and evocative … The Lily Pond is the ultimate act of recollection.”
—Quill and Quire