by Joost Zwagerman · De Arbeiderspers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789029572361
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«Gimmick!» is the novel by Joost Zwagerman, published by De Arbeiderspers in paperback (237 pages, in Dutch).
Walter van Raamsdonk, a young and successful painter, moves among the postmodern artists who frequent the Gimmick discotheque in late-1980s Amsterdam. In that world of money, sex, drugs and media, his obsessive love for his ex-girlfriend Sammie turns against him: unable to create, Raam heads towards his ruin.
Originally published in 1989, it is considered the novel of a generation; this edition appeared in 2010.
For readers of Dutch literature interested in the artistic scene and nightlife of Amsterdam.
Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus "Joost" Zwagerman was a Dutch writer, poet and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist Oek de Jong.
