The infrared and the ultraviolet

Richard Godemont, anti-writer, anti-journalist, anti-hero, anti-everything, is torn between his admiration for Maximillaan Malbrain ('the greatest living Dutch writer', 'the author of evil'), and his love for top model Apollonia ('black skin, green eyes, white soul'). Godemont, outcast, disturbed, damned, runs himself ragged in a triple quest: for the murderer of his wife, Femke; for the lost manuscript of The Infrared and the Ultraviolet, and for the origins of his own writing. During a grand finale, all the threads come together in the definitive personal apocalypse.
In an inimitable style, Wilfried Hendrickx paints a broad fresco of hate, need, passion, admiration and downfall. False ideals are kicked to the ground, literary and journalistic idols are slaughtered and eminences grises are scalped.
The critics on Hendrickx's collection of stories The Big Clean-up. 'I thought Taxi to Titaoua was wonderful: an ideal mix of a strong plot, local colour and a beautifully presented problem.' Herman de Coninck: 'These three stories are so good, so strong, that you can't go back.