The corpse on the dike
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Dutch |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin,
1976.
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| Item Description: | Translation of De gelaarsde kater. |
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| Physical Description: | 182 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 039524675X |
| Author Notes: | He traveled extensively, both geographically and philosophically, his adventures ranging from being a motorcycle gang member to a Buddhist, a real estate salesman in Australia to an exporter in Holland. He was a police officer in Amsterdam from 1966 to 1975 and his crime novels featuring detectives Grijpstra and De Gier were based on his experiences. He also wrote a trilogy based on the time he spent at a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery and wrote children's books about a porcupine named Hugh Pine. In 1984, he received the French Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. He died on July 4, 2008 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) |
