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Bonita Avenue / Peter Buwalda ; translated from the Dutch by Jonathan Reeder.

Title
Bonita Avenue / Peter Buwalda ; translated from the Dutch by Jonathan Reeder.
Author
Buwalda, Peter, 1971-
Publication
London : Pushkin, 2014.

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
Reeder, Jonathan
Description
538 pages; 24 cm
Summary
A darkly hilarious tale of a model family's disintegration. Professor Siem Sigerius - maths genius, jazz lover, judo champion, Renaissance man. When Aaron meets his girlfriend Joni's family for the first time, her multitalented father could hardly be a more intimidating figure, but somehow the underachieving photographer manages to bluff his way to a friendship with the paterfamilias. With his feet under the table at the beautiful Sigerius farmhouse, Aaron feels part of the family. A perfect family. Until, that is, things start to go wrong in a very big way. A cataclysmic explosion in a firework factory, the advent of internet pornography, the reappearance of a forgotten murderer and a jet-black wig-all play a role in the spectacular fragmentation of the Sigerius clan...and of Aaron's fragile psyche.
Subject
Families > Fiction
Genre/Form
Fiction
Language (note)
  • Translated from the Dutch.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9781908968173 (paperback)
  • 1908968176 (paperback)