Author

Philip Huff

Philip Huff (b. 1984) made his debut in 2009 with the successful novel Dagen van gras (Days of Grass), followed by Niemand in de stad (Nobody in the City, 2012), the short-story collection Goed om hier te zijn (Good to Be Here, 2013) and Boek van de doden (Book of the Dead, 2014). He won multiple awards for his stories, novels and screenplays. Three of Huff’s books have been adapted into movies for which he wrote the screenplays, and his essays frequently appear in newspapers and magazines both in the Netherlands and beyond, including The New York Review of Books.

The Empty City

The Empty City

(De Bezige Bij, 2012, 352 pages)

Philip Hofman lives in the Orphanage, the stately home of a notorious fraternity house in Amsterdam. The twelve residents of this house live by their own rules, isolated from society, family, and girlfriends: a testing ground for the life that is awaiting them after their studies.

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Book of the Dead

Book of the Dead

(De Bezige Bij, 2014, 288 pages)

This is the story of a week in the life of Felix Post. Felix is a depressed twenty-nine year old novelist with a writer’s block. He fills the emptiness of Amsterdam’s jet set life with all kinds of alcohol and drugs.

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What You Know of Blood

What You Know of Blood

(Prometheus, 2022, 288 pages)

On the outside everything seems perfect – a family with three children, living in a fancy house with a large garden; the children all play hockey. But behind closed doors it’s a different story. Philip Huff has written a vivid, powerful novel about a childhood in which physical violence is a daily occurrence, and the subsequent struggle to overcome this trauma.

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Website

http://www.philiphuff.net/