Just a Little Dinner by Cécile Tlili

Just a Little Dinner by Cécile Tlili

In tired, hot Paris at the end of August, a group of friends, who’d rather still be at the sea, meet for a dinner in one couple’s apartment.

Taking us behind the shutters of the Sixth Arrondissement, with a cast of characters that both delight and repel, fractured relationships, manipulation, bad behaviour and desperation are all laid bare in this very contemporary take on a Parisian huis clos story.

What starts as just a little dinner ends up having monumental consequences for everyone.

The book was shortlisted for the 2024 Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman and won the 2023 Prix Littéraire Gisèle Halimi for women’s writing.

A hurtful, and sadly all-too commonplace human comedy, wonderfully described by an author we will hear a lot more from

-- Laurence Caracalla * Le Figaro Litteraire *

In the cinema and the theatre, feasts that descend into disaster are a distinctly French specialty. Cecile Tlili manages to reinvent this tradition with her very first novel.

The dramatic tension between the two couples is electrifying as the evening takes its unexpected turns.

-- Florence Bouchy * Le Monde des Livres *

Devilishly tasty

-- Margaux Morasso

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ISBN 13	9781068693427
ISBN 10	1068693428
Title	Just a Little Dinner
Author	Cécile Tlili
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Foundry Editions
Year published	2025-06-03
Prizes	Winner of Prix Litteraire Gisele Halimi (for women's writing) 2023, Short-listed for Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman 2024
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.