"Profoundly unsettling . . . haunt[s] the mind for long afterwards."
--The Sunday Times
"The kind of book that stays with you forever." --The Guardian
"Hugely entertaining." --The Scotsman
A Sunday Times Book of the Year: A brooding meditation on violence
set during World War II--from a classic Dutch writer who has drawn
comparisons to Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut
In this mesmerizing, dark meditation on the legacy of war, an interloper
and opportunist makes a grand house of his own in the chaos of a
war-torn countryside--only to find himself involved with occupying
forces and enraged locals.