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A sparkling comingofage novel that has sold over 300,000 copies in holland, in which the inhabitants of a sleepy rural town are awakened by the arrival of a kinetic young visionary, joe speedboat. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Tommy wieringa reads from joe speedboat at the event an around the world reading, part of the 2010 pen world voices festival.
Keine zeit fur helden roman tommy wieringa, bettina bach isbn. When frankie hermans wakes from a 220daylong coma, one of the first things he hears about is the new arrival of another boy, joe speedboat. The great atmosphere of this book is incomparable to anything else i have ever read. Tommy wieringa has written several books including the novel joe speedboat, which won the bordewijk prize in 2006, was longlisted for the.
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Joe speedboat tommy wieringa, author, sam garrett, translator, trans. Full of vitality, verve and chutzpah, joe speedboat tells the fastpaced story of an unlikely friendship between two boys, and of their lightning dash towards adulthood. Later christof said he did that in order not to have to see the dead man hanging from the windshield. Order of tommy and tuppence books thomas beresford and prudence cowley better known as tommy and tuppence are a couple of fictional detectives created by british author agatha christie. Praise for tommy wieringa joe speedboat is never just another wouldbe inspirational read about overcoming adversity expertly translated from the dutch by sam garrett. He began his writing career with travel stories and journalism and is the author of multiple novels, one of which was awarded hollands halewijn prize and nominated for the ako literature prize. Bestselling dutch writer wieringas joe speedboat novel offers two searing portrayals of transformation on the unforgiving eurasian steppe. Tommy wieringa has written several books including the novel joe speedboat, which won the bordewijk prize in 2006, was longlisted for the 2011 international impac dublin literary award, and nominated for the ako literature prize. Shop amongst our popular books, including, these are the names, joe speedboat and more from tommy wieringa. Tommy wieringa, author, sam garrett, translator, trans. Tommy wieringa is one of the bestselling authors in dutch history. Joe speedboat by tommy wieringa is in the top ten adult books that teens should read.
His other novels include little caesar, joe speedboat, and a beautiful young wife. Wieringa lives in amsterdam and writes for the dutch nrc handelsblad daily newspaper read more about tommy wieringa. Explore books by tommy wieringa with our selection at. He builds an airplane and takes frankie along for the ride.
Tommy wieringa is an acclaimed dutch writer whose books include everything about tristan, little caesar, a beautiful young woman, and joe speedboat, which was shortlisted for the international impac dublin literary award. After a farming accident plunges him into a coma for six months, frankie hermans wakes up to discover that hes paralyzed and mute. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. His novels include little caesar and joe speedboat, which was shortlisted for. Joe speedboat is narrated by frankie hermans, who explains his situation early on. Joe speedboat ebook by tommy wieringa rakuten kobo. Although frankie, the narrator of this novel, is struck dumb when partially paralysed aged 14, he triumphantly comes into his own as an adult both as a onearm wrestler and as the sexual partner.