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Excerpt: 'The Twin'

by Gerbrand Bakker (translated from Dutch by David Colmer)

Gerbrand Bakker's novel tells the story of a young man, Helmer, who has long avoided his family's small farm in the Dutch country-side and his ailing father. But when Helmer's twin brother dies in a car crash, Helmer is forced to return home.

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