AMAYZINE QUESTIONNAIRE
Raymond van de Klundert
The first book that made me cry like crazy was by him (should I remind you all of ‘A Woman Goes to the Doctor’?). It might have been a bit quiet around Kluun for a while, but he is back with a bang of a novel: ‘DJ’, about his childhood friend DJ Thor, VIP rooms in Las Vegas, luxury penthouses, designer drugs, magnum bottles of champagne, and pole dancers. I'm telling you: this is going to be a treat. So it was time to subject Kluun to the Amayzine Questionnaire.
What do you do when you're home alone?
“Usually working until about eight, then ordering some Chinese from Nam Kee, watching DWDD in reruns, some sports, and going to bed.”
Who would you like to have coffee with?
“Carl Cox, the only DJ who manages to be popular with both the general public and the in-crowd for decades. And he seems like a very amiable person.”
Your book in a maximum of three sentences?
“An international top DJ gets into trouble when a sex video of him appears on the internet. Kluun, his old study friend, lets him hide at his place from the press. Only Thor doesn’t know that Kluun has a hidden agenda…”
No one knows this about you…
“Yes, yes, I’m not Gekke Henkie.”
Ultimate moment of relaxation?
“The Saturday breakfast with the kids.”
Only Thor doesn’t know that Kluun has a hidden agenda…
Your favorite quote?
“If it ain’t fun, why do it? (Ben & Jerry’s)”
What are the first three hits when you Google yourself?
“1. An article from Vrij Nederland titled: This time there’s nothing to complain about, Kluun!
2. A piece in Het Parool: Kluun: ‘That literary world, hey, fuck it.’.
3. An interview with the Volkskrant: ‘I don’t see myself as the ultimate jerk.’”
If someone wrote a biography about you, what would the title be?
“Pfff. How about just ‘KLUUN’, in capital letters, just like ‘GIJP’ and ‘KIEFT’?”
Who is on your guest list for the ideal dinner?
“My friends” club from Monday at Harrie. Twelve men who see each other every Monday morning at Harrie’s Coffee House.”
What do you find most attractive in women?
“Complaining, whining, and nagging.”
She was born on my own birthday, eighteen years ago,
at 05:46
You want a ticket to…
“The next Bruce Springsteen concert in Europe.”
The best book you have ever read?
“’Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, The History of the Disc Jockey’ by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton.”
Name the last three things you bought…
“’1988, We Loved Orange’, a book by Auke Kok and research for my next book. Furthermore, a bag for my girlfriend, who has her birthday this week, and white bread, just from the bakery.”
What is on your bucket list?
“Writing a TV series.”
The most beautiful gift you have ever received?
“Eva, my oldest daughter. She was born on my own birthday, eighteen years ago, at 05:46.”
With whom would you like to swap for a day?
“madonna performance stage laughing. I would tear up all the decrees he signed in his first weeks in one day.”
