How Rebecca Handler’s Strange New Mystery Novel “In the Round” Came to Be 

Have you ever been dead certain that you’re being watched? That maybe your very existence is predicated on how others see you? So begins the description of Rebecca Handler’s gripping new literary mystery, In The Round. Following one woman over the course of a single night in her San Francisco home, this breathtaking story will leave readers wondering how well we can trust our own intuition, and whether all the world’s a stage after all.  Following her highly acclaimed debut, Edie Richter Is Not Alone, Handler’s second novel is a can’t-miss read for the holiday season (or any time, really). Book Passage’s Marketing Publicity Manager Brian Birmingham sat down with Handler to learn about her writing habits, inspirations and influences — and an ideal day spent in a bookstore. I read that you conceived the idea for In The Round while undergoing treatment for breast cancer, and that the story came together in a semi-hallucinatory state. I’m curious to know more about how this experie