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The Dinner

The Dinner

by Herman Koch (Author), Sam Garrett (Translator)

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    Paperback 2013

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Synopsis

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?

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 02 May 2013
ISBN 10: 1848873832
ISBN 13: 9781848873834
Prizes: Shortlisted for Specsavers National Book Awards: International Author of the Year 2012.

Media Reviews
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 *
Author Bio
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.