De puinhopen van acht jaar Paars
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De puinhopen van acht jaar Paars (pronounced [də ˈpœynɦoːpə(ɱ) vɑn ɑx caːr ˈpaːrs] ⓘ, English: The Wreckage of Eight Years of Purple) is a political non-fiction book released by the Dutch political commentator and aspiring lawmaker Pim Fortuyn in 2002, two months prior to his assassination. In the book, Fortuyn sharply criticizes the then ruling "Purple" coalition government and its direct predecessor (both composed of PvdA, VVD and D66) on nearly all areas of their policies.
Author | Pim Fortuyn |
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Cover artist | Select Interface |
Country | Netherlands |
Language | Dutch |
Subject | Various political issues, from healthcare reform to immigration policy. |
Genre | Political non-fiction |
Publisher | Karakter (Uithoorn), Speakers Academy (Rotterdam) |
Publication date | de facto: March 12, 2002 (2002-03-12)[2] officially: March 14, 2002 (2002-03-14)[2] |
Pages | 186 |
ISBN | 90-6112-911-7 |
OCLC | 783055562 |
LC Class | JN5801 .F674 2002 |
The book went on to become the first and only bestseller for Fortuyn, whose previous writing career had not yielded any great successes.[3] Puinhopen was reprinted more than nine times, and had sold 270,000 copies by its tenth anniversary in 2012.[4]
De puinhopen van acht jaar paars was termed by many Dutch media, as well as by Fortuyn himself, the official election manifesto of the Pim Fortuyn List (of which Fortuyn was the founder and lijsttrekker),[5][6][7][8] but Fortuyn later retracted these claims.[9][10]