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Bonita Avenue

Bonita Avenue

Peter Buwalda (born 1971)

Translated by Jonathan Reeder

English editions

In English

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Siem rose from nowhere: a judo champion and mathematical prodigy who became head of a university in the east of the Netherlands. His children have gone another way. His son Wilbert went to jail for killing a man; his stepdaughter Joni and her boyfriend Aaron quietly make a fortune with an adult website. In the summer of 2000, when a fireworks depot blows up in the city of Enschede, the secrets come out and the household is torn apart. Jumping between years and between Siem, Joni and Aaron, the story pits a father who believes in toil and self-discipline against young people who want fast money and loose rules.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
542 pages in the original
Genres
Family (assigned by AI)
Set in
Netherlands
First published
2010 by De Bezige Bij
Author's age
39 when first published
ISBN

9789023457299 (original)

9781908968173 (Pushkin Press, United Kingdom)

9780553417852 (Hogarth, United States)

9781782270713 (Pushkin Press, United Kingdom)

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