Dense on the Sea

Constant Wegman Benja Bruijning a 14 year old boy raised by his grandmother Carry Tefsen in Zeedijk Amsterdam She is the owner of a cafehotel De Rode Laars The Red Boots The dreaming Constant runs away from this world of drunkards gamblers fighters by writing poems His grandmother wants him to take control of the cafe Then Constant secretly subscribes to a national poem writing competition a new Vondel is born