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A new translation of an acclaimed Dutch thriller finds tobacconist Henri Osewoudt visited by a man named Dorbeck during the German occupation of Holland and given a series of increasingly dangerous assignments designed to help British agents to eliminate traitors, tasks that challenge him morally and eventually put his own loyalty on trial.

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9781590200810

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?I plunged into this novel intimidated at first by its length, then astonished to find myself unable to put it down. For this is a thriller, a long chain of events during which the suspense never flags. . . exact and dry, rich in detail but fast-moving, frighteningly real yet verging on the incredible.? ? Milan Kundera <br><br> ?Striking, suspenseful...Brilliant? ? The Observer

I plunged into this novel intimidated at first by its length, then astonished to find myself unable to put it down. For this is a thriller, a long chain of events during which the suspense never flags. . . exact and dry, rich in detail but fast-moving, frighteningly real yet verging on the incredible. Milan Kundera <br> Striking, suspenseful...Brilliant The Observer

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Willem Frederik Hermans (1921-1995) is widely considered perhaps the most important Western European author to emerge from the postwar period. His novels, short stories, essays, and philosophical and scientific writings represent a major body of work being discovered in the United States.

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