In the Round

A woman is consumed by the belief her life has become a play. Lively, moving, and at moments astonishing, Rebecca Handler’s Kafkaesque literary mystery is either a reflection on middle aged malaise or the cover-up for a murderous plot. Or maybe it’s a theatrical production.

We meet In the Round’s unnamed protagonist a few minutes after she’s become convinced she’s a victim of a home invasion. Nothing is missing from her family’s San Francisco home, but everything feels wrong. Certain a burg...