Bearers of Bad Tidings: A Story of Father and Son

Translated from the Dutch by J.W. Arriens. First UK edition. Hardback in dust jacket. 160pp. Jacket price-clipped. Otherwise a fine copy. *** Originally published in Dutch in 1979 as De aansprekers; the first of only three of Hart’s novels to appear in English. Maarten ‘t Hart (publishing as Martin Hart in English) is a popular Dutch author and polemic. He (finally, aged 80) won the prestigious P.C. Hooft Prize in 2024.