Desire Cordier - mild-mannered former librarian, put-upon husband, lover of boules - is losing his mind. Or is he? Happily tucked away in the Winterlight Home for the Elderly, Desire is looking forward to a quiet retirement with the other forgetful residents, safe in the knowledge that no one knows he's faking his memory loss. And as if there weren't reasons enough to opt out of the modern world, it would be worth it just to see Rosa Rozendaal again - the love of Desire's youth, the one who got away.  But dementia isn't all fun and games. There's a former war criminal hiding out in the home; once-beautiful Rosa might be too far gone to return Desire's ardour; and our hero soon begins to suspect he might not be the only one in Winterlight who's acting a part...A tender love story of demented minds and honourable hearts, and a razor-sharp satire of the indignities of old age and the callousness of caregiving, The Latecomer excoriates our society and asks: might we all be better off forgetting?

The Latecomer

Literature & Fiction

Dimitri Verhulst

Contemporary

Portobello Books Ltd

Gottverdammte Tage auf einem gottverdammten Planeten

Luchterhand Literaturvlg

De laatkomer

Uitgeverij Atlas Contact

De laatste liefde van mijn moeder, De helaasheid der dingen, Kaddisj voor een kut

De Zomer Hou Je Ook Niet Tegen

CPNB

Problemski Hotel

De Laatkomer

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