Jeffrey Spalburg

Mahmut, the son of a poor Turkish greengrocer in the Netherlands, dreams of escaping his retail fate by becoming a rapper. But things change radically when he and his best friend Apo find out that a dangerous Turkish gang is extorting money from their fathers. With the help of the police they go undercover within that gang - but can these two aspiring rappers succeed?

Leerboy in Petersburg is based on the touching letters that the Vriezenveen brothers Herman and Martinus Pruim wrote each other around 1860