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Gijs IJlander – ScandalOne night in 1905 a sailor has a macabre encounter on a North Holland’s canal. He finds abody in the water, pulls it in and delivers it to the authorities. The ensuing inquiry suggestsmurder. This event has a grip on Wijnand Kops. He thought he had left his life on dry landbehind him, but it creeps back in his mind. When his ship is locked in winter ice he goes out toresearch the murder and he meets a community in which everybody knows everything abouteach other. But in which nobody can name the killer.The barmaid of The Little Hunter knows more than she lets on just like the boy of the drawbridge. The village fears that simpleton Neel will run her mouth. She recently posed for aforeign painter and is now expecting his baby. Scandal is an amazing love story. Crossed withthe conflict between traditional values and modern times, the attraction of the new and thefear of all strange things. The novel is based upon Pablo Picasso’s stay in Schoorldam, theNetherlands in 1905.Rights sold to:Germany, Aufbau‘Exactly how ingenious the story is constructed cannot be told without exposing the plot.Since we don’t want to do that you are going to have to trust me on this. The book is tightlycomposed but still maintains a ‘loose’ feeling. Gijs IJlander writes sober sentences withgreat story telling abilities.’ – Algemeen Dagblad‘Gijs IJlander has convincingly shown where the narrow-mindedly and paranoia of a small community can lead to in hisnovel.’ - ElsevierAuthor: Gijs IJlanderTitle: Scandal (fiction)Original title: De aanstootPublished: 2008Size: 208 pages / 64.000 words