Masser Brock | Bert Wagendorp

'An exciting and astonishing novel in which the reader is made to think about fake news, manipulation of the facts and the role of current journalism in the world.

Masser Brock is a columnist of newspaper 'De Nieuwe Tijd'. His sister is the spin doctor of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. Masser follows the news, until the news is the pursuit of him. What is the truth behind the death of four Dutch soldiers on peace mission? How did the secret service take the new age in the tong? The new novel by Bert Wagendorp is about how news creates new realities, about the truth that we receive daily served and about the value thereof. It is a dazzling story full of cheerful, tragic and colorful characters: a remarkable newspaper family, a cynical journalist, a watchmaker and a tycoon against will and thanks. Masser exchanges his old certainties for doubt and his cynicism for silence. As a reader you can only do the same - those who have read 'Masser Brock' will experience the media in a different way.