Rupert: A Confession

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Rupert has been accused of a terrible crime and his imagined defense begins the night he met the love of his life, Mira. By turns shockingl honest, incredibly funny and clearly unhinged, Rupert's defense includes rants about the properly formed insult and men in sweaters. It also visits the memory sites of Rupert and Mira's short lived affair. With each story Rupert attaches to these places his defense becomes a little more outlandish, while he comes convinced that his innocence is beyond doubt. A brilliant monologue that fully exposes the inner workings of the mind.

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" The author insinuates crisp, titillating description and delights in relaying voyeurism, presenting a deliberate provocation to readers."Publishers Weekly "Rupert is an astonishing work of art. Astonishing in its imaginative force, its adventurous concept and its just as daring denouement. . . . Phew, what language, what a book. Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer is a writer to cherish."Elsevier "This novel belongs to the tradition of classical literature which is in principle self-referential. . . . Rupert is a playful, exceptionally witty, ironic variant of this."Telegraaf (Amsterdam)

Author Bio

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer is a poet, novelist, literary critic, and former Ancient Greek scholar at Leiden University. The winner of numerous prizeshe's the only Dutch author to have won both of the most coveted debut poetry and prose prizes in the NetherlandsPfeijffer is the editor of the literary journal De Revisor and founder and editor of the poetry journal Awater. Rupert: A Confession is his first novel to be translated into English. Michele Hutchison studied at the Universities of East Anglia and Cambridge before taking a job in publishing. She lives in Amsterdam where she works as a translator and editor.