New York & London: Hogarth, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, originally published in 2010, and translated from the Dutch by Jonathan Reeder. "Siem Sigerius is a beloved, brilliant professor of mathematics with a promising future in politics. His family and carefully appointed home in the bucolic countryside complete the portrait of a comfortable, morally upright household. But there are elements of Siem's past that threaten to upend the peace and stability that he has achieved, and when he stumbles upon a deception thats painfully close to home, things begin to fall apart. . . .A riveting portrait of a family in crisis and the ways that even the smallest twists of fate can forever change our lives, an incendiary, unpredictable debut of relationships torn asunder by lies, and minds destroyed by madness." 536 pp. ISBN: 978-0553417852.