Peter Buwalda

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• De jaknikker

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  De jaknikker

  Peter Buwalda · 54 when first published

  Novel · 688 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:Ludwig Smit becomes the right-hand man of oil chief Johan Tromp, who has no idea Ludwig is his son. Tromp sends him to spy on Isabelle Orthel, the journalist who once drew secrets out of him and now uses them against him.

• Bonita Avenue

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  Bonita Avenue

  Bonita Avenue

  Peter Buwalda · 39 when first published

  Novel · 538 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:Siem, a former judo champion and gifted mathematician, has risen to head a university in Twente. His career thrives, but in 2000, the year of the Enschede fireworks disaster, his family falls apart.