The Dinner
Published on 2. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-84887-383-4 (ISBN)
Description
An evening in Amsterdam and two couples meet for dinner.
They need to discuss their teenage sons.
The boys have committed a horrifying act, caught on CCTV.
They remain unidentified - except by their parents.
How far will each couple go to protect their child?
They need to discuss their teenage sons.
The boys have committed a horrifying act, caught on CCTV.
They remain unidentified - except by their parents.
How far will each couple go to protect their child?
Reviews / Votes
Smart, shocking and unputdownable * Gillian Flynn, no.1 bestselling author of Gone Girl * Deliciously dark... An essential summer read * Independent * Gripping... The talking point of the summer * Sunday Times * A feast of a novel... Spine-chillingly brilliant * Evening Standard * A brilliantly addictive novel that wraps its hands around your throat on page one and doesn't let go * SJ Watson, author of Before I Go To Sleep * Shivers kept shooting up my backbone as I became engrossed in Koch's darkly disturbing tale of family life... As the dinner disintegrates into mayhem, we discover just how far the middle classes will go to protect their monstrous offspring -- Val Hennessy * Daily Mail *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
244 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84887-383-4 (9781848873834)
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Herman Koch, born in 1953, is a Dutch writer. He was a renowned television actor on the series Jiskefet and a former columnist for the newspaper Volkskrant. The Dinner is his sixth novel and has already won the prestigious Publieksprijs Prize in 2009. Herman Koch currently lives in Amsterdam.