Brigitte Raskin

This debut novel by the Flemish writer Brigitte Raskin reads like a really boring detective novel. It is not a usual detective story, there is no murder and they murderer who must be unmasked.

However, there is a death, and it is this dead man, who is "unmasked", as the main character makes it her mission to discover all about the identity of the deceased man she only knew superficially. The novel is the report of this search, rather boring, as the man turns out to be a very ordinary person. It is more like a documentary.… (more)