public service announcement: there's a new nooteboom which i pulled out of widener yesterday (it came out in english earlier this year - that puts me two nootebooms behind schedule already, oh the shame!) i haven't got going on it yet (a few chapters in - reading in 10-minute snatches on the m2 shuttle) but it looks like it will be a looped tale - like tfs, only reversed. also (i peeked at the epilogue) perhaps, like the verissimo story. or perhaps not. so far this feels a lot more like his very early books though. to my disappointment, i find on the complete review only the statement: "haven't been able to get our hands on a copy yet." but i found a substantial review at words without borders, so here you are.