Without Mercy

8vo. Pp. [viii], 293. Printed wraps.

Shortlisted for the AKO Prize (Dutch literature's premier award). A number one best seller in Holland. Author's second novel to be translated into English. A couple drifts apart after the senseless killing of their teenage son. Told in a series of flashbacks, the book went through twenty-two drafts before Dorrestein was satisfied with its exponential exploration of the painful process of loss. Her entire oeuvre was awarded the Annie Romein Prize in 1993 for its "irresistible idiosyncracy". "Painfully cutting and surprisingly funny." –Independent