Had Bouazza is a highly inuential and celebrated author in the Netherlands today. In the context of contemporary Dutch literature Bouazzas Moroccan background still marks a divergence from the bornandbred Dutch norm. Authors with a bi or multicultural background are still often cast in the role of exotic outsider. Bouazza both challenges and uses this position to the full. His writing demonstrates that the perceived usthem or selfother positions are questionable ideological constructs. He undermines the concept of a unied culture and the wholeness of the self. He explores and exploits stereotypical beliefs held on both sides of the EastWest divide. The result is a magical realist setting that both puzzles and enchants. This book offers a reading of Bouazzas literary prose that responds to the interpretative opportunities offered by an author who skilfully and creatively explores his peculiar freedom in his Homeless Entertainment.