Gerard Reve (1923-2006) is considered one of the greatest post-war Dutch authors, and was also the first openly gay writer in the country's history. A complicated and controversial character, Reve is also hugely popular and critically acclaimed - his 1947 debut
The Evenings was ranked the best Dutch novel of the twentieth century by the Society of Dutch literature.
Childhood is also available from Pushkin Press.
'A masterwork of comic pathos' Irish Times'A masterpiece… What can I say that will put this book where it belongs, in readers' hands and minds?' Tim ParksA modern masterpiece, voted the greatest Dutch novel of all timeFrits – office worker, daydreamer, teller of inappropriate jokes...
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