by Tommy Wieringa · De Bezige Bij · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789023425786
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«Joe Speedboot» is the novel by Tommy Wieringa, published by De Bezige Bij in paperback (315 pages, in Dutch).
Fransje Hermans, a young man who after an accident was left in a wheelchair and unable to speak, lives in a remote village and is fascinated by Joe Speedboot, a newcomer who has given himself that name and who at fourteen makes bombs, builds airplanes and philosophizes about movement. The friendship between the two rouses Fransje from his lethargy, but rivalry will put it to the test.
The novel «Joe Speedboot» was originally published in 2005 and won the F. Bordewijkprijs in 2006. This 2007 edition is part of the Ulysses klassieken collection.
For readers of coming-of-age novels who want to delve into Dutch literature through a singular friendship.
Tommy Wieringa is a Dutch writer. He received the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize in 2006 for his novel Joe Speedboot (2005), and the Libris Prize in 2013 for the novel Dit zijn de namen (2012). In 2018 he won the Bookspot Literatuurprijs for his novel De heilige Rita. His novel The Death of Murat Idrissi, translated by Sam Garrett from Dutch, was nominated for the International Booker Prize in 2019.
