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"Sharply imagined, vivid, and often funny." --The Washington Post
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"Immensely challenging, eminently readable and astonishingly good. Mulisch is a first-rate writer who grabs your attention ... a dazzlingly original highbrow read" --Mail on Sunday
"A deftly created tale [that] tackles nothing less than the mystery of life itself. What gives this novel its fascinating brilliance is Mulisch's skill as a storyteller" --The Times (London)
"Entertaining, moving and invigorating" --Sunday Times (London)
"Wonderful observations, much humour, highly ambitious ... the wild daring of a very exciting mind" --Independent
Harry Mulisch is the author of numerous novels, including LAST CALL, THE DISCOVERY OF HEAVEN and THE ASSAULT. The last of these was made into an Oscar-winning film. Harry Mulisch has also written essays, poetry, short stories, plays and philosophical works. He lives in Holland.
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0670889296
- ISBN 13 9780670889297
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