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2002 Nominated

A Mouthful of Glass

Henk Van Woerden

ABOUT
THE BOOK

One day in 1966, in the chamber of the South African Parliament, Demitrios Tsafendas walked up to Hendrik Verwoerd, the Prime Minister, and stabbed him to death with a kitchen knife.
This is the extraordinary story of Tsafendas and his long exile from a society madder than he was.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Henk
Van Woerden

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Dan
Jacobson

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country

The Netherlands

Original Language

Dutch

Author

Henk Van Woerden

Publisher

Granta

Translator

Dan Jacobson

Nominating Library

Bibliotheek Den Haag / Libraries of The Hague - Netherlands

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A Mouthful of Glass

Henk Van Woerden

ABOUT THE BOOK

ABOUTTHE AUTHOR HenkVan Woerden

ABOUTTHE TRANSLATOR DanJacobson

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

RELATED FEATURES

2026 Dublin Literary Award Winner Revealed

Brigitte Giraud – Live Fast Q&A

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Henk
Van Woerden

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Dan
Jacobson