ISBN: 9781564784148

Synopsis Recalling Celine in its scatological and vitriolic style, and the work of William Gaddis and David Foster Wallace in its clear-sighted satire and sheer exuberant excess, “Summer in Termuren” is a landmark of twentieth-century literature, and its greatest comedy of desperation. Spanning two world wars and anticipating a catastrophic future, Louis Paul Boon captures the history of the twentieth century by exploring the twisted, corrupt lives of the inhabitants of one small town – a microcosm for the changing world.