[1][2] Boven is het stil was published in 2006 and its English translation, titled The Twin, followed in 2008.

[2] He thought about a son who might "do something terrible to his father" but was left "frustrated" when the idea failed to progress any further until one day he began to write at random.

His father is now dying, and Helmer encounters his twin brother's former girlfriend, who asks him to help her take care of her teenage son, also named Henk, who is shiftless.

[5] Lord Mayor of Dublin Emer Costello said Bakker was one of the many "eminent novelists to win this award" and said "this beautifully written Dutch novel will come to the attention of readers worldwide, who might otherwise never have come across it".

[6] Bakker, instead of giving a speech, played a tape recording of "Waar is de zon?