The Dinner by Herman Koch
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?
Smart, shocking and unputdownable * Gillian Flynn, no1 bestselling author of Gone Girl *
Deliciously dark... An essential summer read * Independent *
Gripping... The talking point of the summer * Sunday Times *
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 *
Deliciously dark... An essential summer read * Independent *
Gripping... The talking point of the summer * Sunday Times *
A feast of a novel... Spine-chillingly brilliant
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 *
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.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781848873834 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848873832 |
| Titel | The Dinner |
| Autor | Herman Koch |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Atlantic Books |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2013-05-02 |
| Seitenanzahl | 320 |
| Preise | Long-listed for IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2013 (UK) |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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