Heeft het gesmaakt? #[nn]

Peter van Straaten's Heeft het gesmaakt? ("Did you enjoy your meal?") draws you in with a wonderfully dry social tableau: a red-haired woman in a green dress sits at a dinner table, seemingly the calm center of attention as a cluster of suited men and a chef crowd around her with curious, conspiratorial energy. Van Straaten's line work — spare yet expressive — captures that particular awkwardness of being the focus of a room full of strangers, rendered with the wry wit Dutch readers have long associated with his name. A charming 2012 collection that wears its social comedy right on its cover.