Repatriated

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Repatriated
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Adriaan Van Dis
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 185,Width 126
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781785150845
ClassificationsDewey:823
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Cornerstone
Imprint William Heinemann Ltd
Publication Date 7 March 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A blackly funny comedy about a mad family in Holland, by internationally bestselling author Adriaan Van Dis. 'If this writer were English, his book would be a dead certainty for the booker shortlist - There is wit and there is pathos - worthy and well done' Scotland on Sunday In Repatriated the world is a dangerous place and the bomb is ticking - at home and abroad.In a seaside town in the Netherlands, Mr Java - a war damaged ex-colonial - drills his son for the future, drawing him deeper and deeper into his delusionary world. As the radio broadcasts news of H bomb tests, Mr Java writes letters of complaint to the authorities, dreams of horses, and stands at the front window, on the look out for special security spies and nuclear holocaust. His wife and her three daughters from a previous marriage in Indonesia form a sort of Greek chorus, providing a sceptical commentary as his obsessions build towards a dark, absurdist climax.Repatriated is an inventive, blackly funny novel that shows an adolescent boy trying to break free from his parents and finding he cannot escape their past.

Author Biography

A former editor of the NRC Handelsblad - Holland's leading newspaper - Van Dis is now a full-time writer. He is the author of five novels as well as books of travel-writing and plays.