Outsider in Amsterdam

By Janwillem van de Wetering

By Janwillem van de Wetering

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    About Outsider in Amsterdam

    “[Van de Wetering] is doing what Simenon might have done if Albert Camus had sublet his skull.” —John Leonard

    On a quiet street in downtown Amsterdam, a man is found hanging from the ceiling beam of his bedroom, upstairs from the new religious society he founded: a group that calls itself “Hindist” and supposedly mixes elements of various Eastern traditions. Detective-Adjutant Gripstra and Sergeant de Gier of the Amsterdam police are sent to investigate what looks like a simple suicide, but they are immediately suspicious of the circumstances.

    This now-classic novel, first published in 1975, introduces Janwillem van de Wetering’s lovable Amsterdam cop duo of portly, wise Gripstra and handsome, contemplative de Gier. With its unvarnished depiction of the legacy of Dutch colonialism and the darker facets of Amsterdam’s free drug culture, this excellent procedural asks the question of whether a murder may ever be justly committed.

    About Outsider in Amsterdam

    “[Van de Wetering] is doing what Simenon might have done if Albert Camus had sublet his skull.” —John Leonard

    On a quiet street in downtown Amsterdam, a man is found hanging from the ceiling beam of his bedroom, upstairs from the new religious society he founded: a group that calls itself “Hindist” and supposedly mixes elements of various Eastern traditions. Detective-Adjutant Gripstra and Sergeant de Gier of the Amsterdam police are sent to investigate what looks like a simple suicide, but they are immediately suspicious of the circumstances.

    This now-classic novel, first published in 1975, introduces Janwillem van de Wetering’s lovable Amsterdam cop duo of portly, wise Gripstra and handsome, contemplative de Gier. With its unvarnished depiction of the legacy of Dutch colonialism and the darker facets of Amsterdam’s free drug culture, this excellent procedural asks the question of whether a murder may ever be justly committed.

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    Praise for Janwillem van de Wetering

    “Mr. Van de Wetering’s policemen are just as likely to . . . marvel at human nature as to shoot it down.”
    —The New York Times

    “A superb storyteller.”
    —Chicago Tribune

    “A superlative mystery writer.”
    —Time

    “What makes this series so engaging is that the policemen are as quirky and complicated as the criminals”
    —The Washington Post

    “[Van de Wetering] is doing what Simenon might have done if Albert Camus had sublet his skull.”
    —John Leonard

    Product Details

    Paperback
    Published by Soho Crime
    Jul 16, 2013 | 288 Pages | 5 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9781616953003

    Ebook
    Published by Soho Crime
    Jul 01, 2003 | 304 Pages | 5 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9781569478257

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