The protagonist of this taut novel, first published in 1966 in the Netherlands, is no saint. He's done prison time for poaching, brawls and shooting at a forest ranger. Yet, he is a secret hero, a North Sea fisherman in Nazi-occupied Friesland who hides Jews and others seeking refuge in his cottage. Arrested on suspicion of working with the underground, this nameless everyman engages in a duel of wits with his interrogators. They are Dutch collaborators...