Tooth Hunter
A brilliant novel with a gothic touch about a man hellbent on transcending his roots
Not many writers can combine social criticism, literary imagination and a propulsive story as skillfully as storyteller extraordinaire Auke Hulst. Tooth Hunter starts off as the painfully relatable story of a brilliant conman who steals the teeth of the dead, but ends up delivering an astute critique of capitalism, a system in which the powerful bleed the masses dry and transcending one’s origins proves time and again to be no more than a pipe dream.
FictionPrint
Original title
Tandenjager
Author
Auke Hulst
Year of publication
2025
Publisher
Ambo|Anthos
Page count
432
Contact for translation rights
Susanne Rudloff
Ambo|Anthos
srudloff@amboanthos.nl
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This ambitious novel is a real tour de force.
Het Parool
At one point, Tooth Hunter poses the question: “Will we keep producing new books in perpetuity, just like a pharmacist mixes new potions by pouring some from one vial to the other?” Hopefully, Auke Hulst’s answer will continue to be a wholehearted “yes,” even after this highly ambitious book.
NRC
A breathtaking literary adventure.
Trouw
It’s these kinds of smart, viscerally moving descriptions that give Hulst’s body of work an intense edge and demonstrate what a precise, attentive writer he is.
De Volkskrant
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Auke Hulst
Author and musician Auke Hulst (b. 1975) made his literary breakthrough in 2012 with his third, strongly autobiographical novel, 'Kinderen van het ruige land' (Children of the Savage Land).