In the course of this narrative Tim Krabbe allows the reader to race with him, inside his skull as it were, during a mythical Tour de Mont Aigoual. The author battles with and against each of his fellow cyclists with great suffering and humour.[...]

On his way back to Amsterdam from New Zealand Jacques Bekker's plane is delayed, giving him four unexpected hours in Sydney. On a whim he decides to look up an old girlfriend - his first love. He arrives on Monique's street just as a stylish woman is loading a last suitcase into the back of a smart [...]

J.H. Donner was one of the most respected and best-loved chess player/writer of his generation. Above all, he was a witty commentator on everything and everybody, both inside and outside the chess world. "The King" spans a writing career of more than thirty years during which Donner slowly developed[...]