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The Twin (novel) of readers worldwide, who might otherwise never have come across it". Bakker, instead of giving a speech, played a tape recording of "Waar is de zon?", the Dutch entry in Eurovision Song Contest 1994 (which also occurred in Dublin). It was the third consecutive debut novel to win the award, following "Man Gone Down" and "De Niro's Game". J. M. Coetzee describes "The Twin" as "a novel of restrained tenderness and laconic humour". Anne Fine said the book "convinces from first page to last". The Twin (novel) The Twin ("Boven is het stil") is a novel by Dutch writer Gerbrand