Repatriated

Adriaan Van Dis

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William Heinemann Ltd
07 March 2016

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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.

By: Adriaan Van Dis
Imprint: William Heinemann Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 185mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 195g
ISBN: 9781785150845
ISBN 10: 1785150847
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 07 March 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

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