Lucien Hirschland, travelling salesman for the flourishing Nederlandsche Cocaine Fabriek, brings in a big order from an English pharmaceutical company. Soon after this he closes a deal with a buyer for the German army. Cocaine and war, love and vengeance, The Cocaine Salesman is an unparalleled novel based on historical events.

Conny Braam is a Dutch novelist whose works include Operatie Vula, De Bokkeslachter and Zwavel, a trilogy of novels about the Abraham family.