Adult books set in Netherlands (5)
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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1⁄4 Years Old by Hendrik Groen EN
Country: Europe / 
Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
A #1 international bestseller in the vein of Fredrik Bachman's A Man Called Ove: an irresistible, funny, charming, and tender-hearted tale about friendship, love, and an old man who is young at heart. "FUNNY AND FRANK...A STORY WITH A GREAT DEAL OF HEART."--Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of THE ROSIE PROJECT Technically speaking, Hendrik Groen is....elderly. But at age 83 1/4, this feisty, indomitable curmudgeon has no plans to go out quietly. Bored of weak tea and potted geraniums, exasperated by the indignities of aging, Hendrik has decided to rebel--on his own terms. He b... continue
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We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
For readers of Leila Slimani's The Perfect Nanny or Ling Ma's Severance: a tight, propulsive, chilling novel by a rising international star about a group of young colleagues working as social media content monitors--reviewers of violent or illegal videos for an unnamed megacorporation--who convince themselves they're in control . . . until the violence strikes closer to home. Kayleigh needs money. That's why she takes a job as a content moderator for a social media platform whose name she isn't allowed to mention. Her job: reviewing offensive videos and pictures, rants and conspiracy theories,... continue
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Tirza by Arnon Yasha Yves Grunberg NL
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Op de avond van het eindexamenfeestje van zijn lievelingsdochter Tirza verliest de wat saaie Jörgen Hofmeester definitief de controle over zijn leven.
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My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
In a world where the dead can wake and walk among us, what is truly real?
Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruth—strange, corpse-like, and dead for centuries—is the only good thing in Roos’ life, which is filled with sordid backroom séances organized by her mother. That is, until wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop attends one of these séances and asks Roos to come live with her at the crumbling estate she inherited upon the death of her husband. The manor is unsettling, but the attraction between Roos and Agnes is palpable. So how does someon... continue
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Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Jurgen Hofmeester once had it all: a beautiful wife, a nice house in an upper-class neighbourhood in Amsterdam, a respectable job as an editor, two lovely daughters named Ibi and Tirza, and a large amount of money in a Swiss bank account. But during the preparations for Tirza's graduation party, we come to know what he has lost. His wife has left him; Ibi is starting a bed and breakfast in France, an idea which he opposed; the director of the publishing house has fired him; and his savings have vanished in the wake of 9/11. Tirza's new boyfriend then causes even more trouble.