Paperback. Believe it or not, I was convinced this holiday would save my marriage.Tiddo and his wife, Isa, have drifted apart. They dont make love anymore. Tiddo even finds their thirteen-year-old son, Jonathan, a strangerquiet, distant and forever drawing monstrous creatures in his sketchbook.Desperate to keep his family together, Tiddo plans a holiday to Iceland, travelling the tourist circuit in a rented campervan. On their trip, they pick up a hitchhiker named Svein, who is tall and handsome, and covered in tattoos of ancient runes. When Svein offers to guide them off the beaten track, Tiddo is conflicted. Does Svein pose a threat or offer salvation?This psychological thriller unfolds like a fever dream amid the breathtaking beauty of Iceland, but the environment turns out to be as unforgiving as each decision Tiddo makes. Taut and compelling, The Hitchhiker is the story of a man who goes to great lengths to save what he has already lost. Set against the eerie and unforgiving landscape of Iceland, The Hitchhiker is a tense and suffocating thriller by a prolific Dutch writer Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: The Hitchhiker (Paperback)
Publisher: Text Publishing, Melbourne
Publication Date: 2022
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1922330833
ISBN 13: 9781922330833
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Tiddo s marriage to Isa is in trouble. They have drifted apart. They Tiddo''s marriage to Isa is in trouble. They have drifted apart. They don''t make love anymore. Tiddo even finds their thirteen-year-old son, Jonathan, a stranger: is it simply that he is becoming a teenager, or is there something sinister behind the gruesome images Jonathan scratches in his notebook? Desperate to keep his family together, Tiddo plans a holiday to Iceland, travelling the tourist circuit in a rented campervan. On their trip, they pick up a hitchhiker named Svein, who is tall, handsome and covered in tattoos of ancient runes. When Svein offers to guide them off the beaten track, Tiddo is conflicted. Does Svein pose a threat or offer salvation? Is there wisdom in his stories? What power do his tattoos hold? This psychological thriller unfolds like a fever dream amid the breathtaking beauty of Iceland, but the environment turns out to be as unforgiving as each decision Tiddo makes. Taut and compelling, The Hitchhiker is the story of a man who goes to great lengths to save what he has already lost.

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