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De passievrucht by Karel Glastra van Loon
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De passievrucht (1999)

by Karel Glastra van Loon

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What happens to the father of a 13-year-old son, when he discovers that he has been infertile all his life? That intriguing question is the starting point of A Father's Affair. On his quest to discover the biological father of his son, the protagonist, Armin Minderhout, takes the reader on an extraordinary journey, one in which he is forced to reconsider everything he has ever believed in. With the page-turning suspense of a 'whodunnit', A Father's Affair probes the eternal question of how well we know the ones we love.Touching, at times extremely funny and erotically playful, it is a story of universal appeal - a stylish, acutely insightful and utterly captivating read.… (more)
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Title:De passievrucht
Authors:Karel Glastra van Loon
Info:Amsterdam [etc.] : Veen; 239 p, 20 cm; http://opc4.kb.nl/DB=1/PPN?PPN=181930315
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A Father's Affair by Karel Glastra van Loon (1999)

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Children born from extramarital affairs are a much more common phenomenon that generally thought. Armin Minderhout, the main character in De passievrucht (English: A Father's Affair discovers by accident that his son, Bo, is not biologically his son. A fertility test shows that not his current wife, Ellen, but he is barren. By implication, Armin cannot be the father of his 13-year old son from his previous marriage to Monika.

Bafflement is followed by anger, and wonder about relationships. In his search for the biological father of Bo, Armin goes over all Monika's friends and acquaintances to determine who could have impregnated her. This leads to some surprising developments. ( )
  edwinbcn | May 2, 2016 |
This book was like an emotional mystery. I kept making guesses in my own mind and by the time the answer was revealed, I was TOTALLY shocked, as I had not even suspected this result. The relationships between parents and children were very different from each other which made for interesting reading. ( )
  MynTop | Apr 8, 2016 |
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What happens to the father of a 13-year-old son, when he discovers that he has been infertile all his life? That intriguing question is the starting point of A Father's Affair. On his quest to discover the biological father of his son, the protagonist, Armin Minderhout, takes the reader on an extraordinary journey, one in which he is forced to reconsider everything he has ever believed in. With the page-turning suspense of a 'whodunnit', A Father's Affair probes the eternal question of how well we know the ones we love.Touching, at times extremely funny and erotically playful, it is a story of universal appeal - a stylish, acutely insightful and utterly captivating read.

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