Praise:

This game of fact and fiction fits the literary theme in Van Den Boogaard’s work perfectly: fluent identity. ***** – ELSEVIER


Press on Child Soldier:

‘A magnum opus. Child Soldier has the required magnitude and class...an author at the peak of his powers.’ ***** DE STANDAARD

‘A literary pearl. The best of this writer thus far.’ ***** HET NIEUWSBLAD

‘A Couperus-esque family history written in tight dialogues.’ **** DE LIMBURGER

‘Bursting with marvellous scenes, the sentences are always worth the effort, the discoveries are striking, peculiar and infectious.’ DE GROENE AMSTERDAMMER

‘Marvellously written. A magnificent novel with which he’s placed himself in the echelon of Tommy Wieringa and the great writers of his generation.’ NIEUWSWEEKEND


Press on With Tender Indifference:

A light and cheerful tone that Boogaard strikes tremendously well. – Onno Blom, Radio 1, TROS NIEUWSSHOW

Van den Boogaard distils literature to its essence, to what it’s really all about. – HET PAROOL

One of the most fascinating of Dutch writers. – DIE ZEIT