Dinsdag

On an ordinary Tuesday a very old man goes about his chores, slowed by age, and does all he can to keep the young social worker from interfering, since he has always looked after himself. Behind his dull routine lies a violent past that keeps coming back to him. As a young man in trouble he was shipped off to Belgium's Congo colony, where he looked out for himself alone, sold his gun to rebels or to the colonial side as it suited him, and killed and raped without remorse. Much later he loved two women in turn and nursed each of them devotedly until she died. Now only memories are left.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

170 pages in the original

Genres

War (assigned by AI)

Set in

Belgium, Congo - Kinshasa

First published

2012 by Podium

Author's age

55 when first published

ISBN

9789057595158 (original)

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