I haven't started reading books in Dutch. Good reads will only give me this edition when what I want is 'Bad Influence' which I've just finished and was published by Penguin in 2005. I don't know why it's so hard for them to come up with it.

Anyway. An excellent book, written as if by a 10 year old boy, having a perfectly normal life with his family and friends until Carl comes into it. Carl threatens to disrupt his best-friendship with Olly, and then simply threatens. The story becomes increasingly dark as Ben, the narrator, gets sucked into situations he dislikes but can't seem to escape from. A very clever exploration of a friendship and a warped relationship that spirals out of control. ( )