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Michael Kaptein

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Michael Kaptein schrijft op het snijvlak van de filosofische roman en het horror- en science-fictionverhaal. Hij werd gepubliceerd bij De Optimist en Tijdschrift Ei en won in 2021 de tweede plaats bij de Harland Awards met het verhaal 'Het Zwarte Vierkant van Lesley White.' Zijn roman 'De Schepping van Michael' won de Indie Award voor beste boek en is nu overal te koop. ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 52 ratings · 19 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	De Schepping van Michael 4.03 avg rating — 30 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harland Awards 2020 by Jeroen de Leeuw, Michael Kaptein (Goodreads Author), Isabelle Plomteux 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De Schaduw van de Piramide 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Zomer te Ter-Muren: Het 2de boek over de Kapellekensbaan

by Louis Paul Boon

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De Japanse wijsheid van Ma

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Michael Kaptein rated a book it was amazing De Kapellekensbaan / Zomer te Ter-Muren by Louis Paul Boon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Michael Kaptein is on page 20 of 580 of Zomer te Ter-Muren: Even inkomen, maar het begint al snel te stromen op zo’n manier dat je niet op kunt houden met lezen. Zomer te Ter-Muren: Het 2de boek over de Kapellekensbaan by Louis Paul Boon progress:	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Michael Kaptein made a comment on MJ Nicholls’s review of Summer in Termuren " It’s a Belgian epic. It’s just written in Dutch. "
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Michael Kaptein and 3 other people liked Lalagè's review of De heer slaapt met watjes in zijn oren: "De oude boeken van Frans Pointl vind ik zo heerlijk om te lezen. Waar het ook over gaat, ik vind het allemaal zeer vermakelijk. Hij weet welke details opmerkelijk genoeg zijn om me als lezer nieuwsgierig te maken naar het vervolg, of het nou over zij" Read more of this review »
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Michael Kaptein and 3 other people liked Booksieman's review of De schuilplaats: "Wow! Dat Chris Carter ontzettend goed kan schrijven, dat wist ik al. Maar wat hij met deze standalone doet is abnormaal. Nooit eerder las ik een boek dat me zo vaak op het verkeerde been zette. We volgen in deze standalone Samantha/... die bij de start" Read more of this review »
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