well as i mentioned before, this Dutch Master of eloquence, so dedicated, so vurnable and so strong in command, cannot, is not able to write a sloppy sentence, .... read it, your gonna love it, your gonna laugh, whine and mayby get happy, whilst the author's stays depressed, all for you...

At 21, a friend gave me this book and told me i absolutely HAD to read it. Until then, I had never read anything by Reve, thinking it would be too depressing. I was wrong. Parents worry proved to be a hilariously funny book about a sad poet and his obsessive thoughts. covering about 36 hours in the life of a writer, Reve gives a wonderfull account of how depression, fantasy and obsession actually manifest themselves in the life and thoughts of the main character. This book is a MUST READ, and quite disturbing when one realises his own thinking-proces might very well work the same way, different obsessions and all.

Reve is able to let us now how a homosexuel man, very alone is unable to make his life make worthful during Chrismas-- very depressing but hilarious too---- sublime tekst!!!!