Rodney Bolt was born in Africa, has an Irish passport, a British driving license and a Dutch residence permit. Having lived and worked in Greece, England and Germany, he has finally come to roost in Amsterdam, where such hybrid creatures pass unnoticed and are even made to feel at home.

For many years he ran a pub theatre in London, and has worked as a theatre director, English teacher, private tutor, letter-sorter and journalist, Now he makes his living from travel writing, and has finally given up any attempt to fend off of the Dutch desire to write novels.

He lives in Amsterdam, where he has happily succumbed to many other Dutch habits and cravings, though he will never, ever get used to having a loo with a shelf in the bowl.

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