Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008) was born and raised in Rotterdam, but lived most recently in Surry, Maine. He served as a member of the Amsterdam Special Constabulary and was once a Zen Buddhist monk. He is renowned for his detective fiction, including Outsider in Amsterdam; The Corpse on the Dike; The Japanese Corpse; The Maine Massacre, which garnered him the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière; and ten other books in the Amsterdam Cops series.
Praise for The Streetbird
"Much of the action of Streetbird revolves around the idea of 'the
honor of the station,' and it is refreshing to hear of policemen
who think in these terms. In fact, everything about Mr. Van de
Wetering's [ninth] novel is refreshing."
—The New York Times Book Review
“Before he’s done, van de Wetering will have his say on ghettos,
pornography, capitalism, est, Gurdjieff, and zero . . . The first
modernist detective. To row on his dream canal, to be followed by
his symbolic turtle, is to be more than disconcerted; it is to be
ambushed.”
—Vanity Fair
“Van de Wetering’s fame has grown to millions of readers . . . The
Streetbird is his most satisfying book so far!”
—Chicago Tribune
“A very special sort of mystery writer . . . Mystical, exotic and
moodily ironic.”
—Kirkus Reviews
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