by Herman Koch (Author), Sam Garrett (Translator)
I felt the same cold that I had felt earlier that evening in my son's room, the cold that came from inside. Beside the homeless person's head, Rick's face appeared. My nephew grinned at the camera. 'Take one,' he said. 'Action!'
An evening in Amsterdam and two couples meet for dinner to discuss their teenage sons. The boys have committed a horrifying crime, caught on CCTV, but so far they remain unidentified - except by their parents. Over the polite hum of restaurant conversation and the squeal of cutlery on plates, the couples have a question to answer: how far will they go to protect their children?
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Main
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 05 Apr 2018
ISBN 10: 1786495023
ISBN 13: 9781786495020
Herman Koch, born in 1953, is a Dutch writer. The Dinner is his sixth novel and won the Netherlands' most prestigious literary prize. Herman Koch currently lives in Amsterdam.
Sam Garrett has translated some 30 novels and works of non-fiction, for which he has won prizes and appeared on shortlists for some of the world's most prestigious literary awards.