Sleepless Summer

"""There is something Edgar Allan Poe-like in the inexplicable way the wind turbines tax some of Blaashoek's inhabitants...Sleepless Summer is determined to leave you with a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach, and its Coen Brothers-meets-Stephen King nightmare of an ending is sure to do the trick."" --Hank Stephenson, Shelf Awareness ""Dehouck creates a melancholic and wistful atmosphere in a world dominated by dark egocentrism. Uncanny, original and haunting"" --Flanders Literature ""A clinically perfect development of mania from annoyance, published by the exclusive World Editions and translated insightfully by Jonathan Reeder....Bram Dehouck has written a gem of a book"" --Jeffrey Mannix, The Durango Telegraph ""Following the lives of various inhabitants of a sleepy village who, increasingly rapidly, turn their surroundings into a living hell, is one of Stephen King's trademarks. Dehouck is better at it--without involving the occult or taking up more pages than necessary"" --NRC Handelsblad ""Dehouck obviously loves the written word and manipulates it with impressive precision. It is a small miracle how he brings to life over twenty characters in barely two hundred pages"" --Het Parool ""A gem. With Sleepless Summer, this Flemish writer proves that his award-winning book De Minzame Moordenaar (The Mild-Mannered Murderer) wasn't just a one‐off success"" --Algemeen Dagblad ""Masterly. Definitely worthy of the Golden Noose prize"" --Vrij Nederland ""A worthy successor to Reservoir Dogs"" --Knack ""Sleepless Summer is a surprising book that exudes an atmosphere of melancholy. The minute descriptions of the events in the village lead almost unnoticed to a furious finale"" --Thrillerweb ""It's like the blackest version of Midsomer Murders you could possibly imagine, infused with the dark, psychological tinge of the finest Scandinavian crime fiction. I loved it"" --Raven Crime Reads ""A compact and original story, with a heart-stopping denouement. Dehouck writes effectively and concisely. With the right words in the right place, he only needs a few pen strokes to get to the heart of his story. A beautiful book, a relief"" --Jury, Golden Noose Awards ""In this book everything is exactly right and everything is the result of something else. Sleepless Summer is really well written and equally well conceived"" --De Lees Fabriek ""The language is compact and effective; this is a book that never bores. A beautiful, compact, universal, and exciting story about how a seemingly insignificant occurrence can lead to unprecedented disaster. Bram Dehouck once again proves his talent with this exciting and often comical novel"" --Misdaadromans.nl ""An incredible story in which everything is perfect"" --Thrillers Leestafel"