dutch
a novella
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"The author draws the reader into the personal prison in which he is hopelessly lost. Poetic, honest, intense, and brilliantly written"
- Readers' Favorite 
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"Desplaces has talent and an unrelenting narrative thrust that makes the beauty and ugliness of what follows intensely engaging"
- IndieReader 
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Dark and brooding, dutch is the story of Zak and Daniel, two brothers whose troubled childhood has plunged them into a life of addiction
and psychological trauma. Against the advice of their kind therapist, they flee to Hong Kong where they embark upon a
drug and alcohol-fuelled rampage.
The journey is heart-breaking, shocking and uncomfortably funny, culminating in a bitter-sweet climax that sees the brothers
finally come to terms with the horrors that befell their youth.
and psychological trauma. Against the advice of their kind therapist, they flee to Hong Kong where they embark upon a
drug and alcohol-fuelled rampage.
The journey is heart-breaking, shocking and uncomfortably funny, culminating in a bitter-sweet climax that sees the brothers
finally come to terms with the horrors that befell their youth.