Bechamel Mucho
Publisher: Atlas Contact
New novel by international acclaimed author
27,000 copies sold
As a twenty-something-year-old, Dimitri Verhulst worked as an entertainer at a club hotel in Mallorca for a summer. His only job was to provide entertainment for vacationers. What he observed there left a deep impression on him, so much so that now, a quarter of a century later, he draws on it for his new novel Bechamel Mucho. The story begins as a sunny slideshow of a carefree summer. But appearances can be deceptive, as a sharp and compelling sketch of consumer society soon unfolds. As
witty as he is moving, Verhulst shows us everyone’s inability to connect.
The newly widowed, the single mother with her child, the female half of a jaded couple, the young flight attendant looking for relaxation, the fit cyclist, each guest has their own story. And all of them, whether for one night or not, want Alex. And it is Alex who has to decide what to do at the end of the season. Or rather, who he wants to be.
Praise:
‘Bechamel Mucho, a mockery of vulgar bourgeoisness in a vacation resort, makes a fresh, driven impression. Also because Verhulst plays with his own tendency toward exaggeration and bombast. (…) Vicious and witty (…) a battering ram of a novel. ••••’ – NRC Handelsblad
‘Verhulst is not only stylistically but also psychologically in top shape. […] Moreover, Verhulst’s mockery of phenomena on modern Western life is as strong as his irony.’ – De Volkskrant
