Summer House with Swimming Pool Herman Koch

Name: Summer House with Swimming Pool By Herman Koch
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Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch

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Summary

A doctor to the rich and famous goes to extreme lengths to protect his daughter in this dark and addictive novel from the author of the million-copy bestseller The Dinner

Summer House with Swimming Pool Summary

Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch

Marc Schlosser is a doctor to the rich and famous.
When his most famous patient, the actor Ralph Meier, invites him and his family on holiday, Marc finds that he can't refuse. But by the time the suntans fade, Ralph Meier is dead.
The medical board accuses Marc of negligence.
Ralph's wife, however, accuses him of murder...

Summer House with Swimming Pool Reviews

Horribly thrilling, utterly entertaining * Independent *
Gripping... The summer's essential reading * Observer *
Take this book to the beach, you'll be gripped and chilled * Independent *
Gripping... Koch uses language like a stethoscope, so that we can hear the beating hearts of his characters and their visceral feelings of envy, love, fear and hatred * Observer *
Sex and menace are at the pulsating heart of this emotionally intelligent thriller * Irish Mail on Sunday *
Caustic...Poisonous... I couldn't stop reading * Washington Post *
You'll wonder how far you would go for your children, and again you'll wonder what you might be capable of once the rules have been broken... Viciously funny, tense, and disturbing, this is one holiday you won't forget. -- David Vann

About Herman Koch

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. His novel The Dinner won the prestigious Publieksprijs Prize in 2009 and went on to be a huge international bestseller. Summer House with Swimming Pool is his seventh novel. He currently lives in Amsterdam.

Additional information

Sku

GOR006622567

ISBN 13

9781782390725

ISBN 10

1782390723

Title

Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch

Author

Herman Koch

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Atlantic Books

Year published

2015-04-02

Number of pages

416

Prizes

Long-listed for IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2015 (UK)

Cover note

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Note

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