Flesh and Blood
Publisher: Atlas Contact
When Viktor Nordmann’s mother dies, his father Leo does two things: he starts making sausages and he arranges a Girlfriend Experience. Viktor, on the other hand, seems to lose everything: first his girlfriend Mischa, (his hopes for) a child and eventually his home. With no other choice, he moves in with his father. As Viktor tries to reorganise his life, he gets hopelessly lost in a series of unfortunate decisions. Then Leo suffers a stroke. Who is really the father here, and who the son? What makes a good man – and how do you become one? In a novel that deals with the major themes of our time – work and housing shortage, care for the elderly, subsistence and grief
– as light-heartedly as it is accurate, Vincent Kortmann manages not only to surprise, but above all to move deeply.
Praise on The In-Between Sister:
‘In this sympathetic debut, Vincent Kortmann shows that he writes entertaining, meticulate paragraphs.’ – Het Parool
‘A coming-of-age novel as a coming-of-age novel should be: quick, funny, touching, and with scenes and characters that stay with you’ – Rob van Essen, author
