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The Dinner by Herman Koch
A European Gone Girl. --The Wall Street JournalAn internationally bestselling phenomenon: the darkly suspenseful, highly controversial tale of two families struggling to make the hardest decision of their lives--all over the course of one meal.
It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of food and over the polite scrapings of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse -- the banality of work, the triviality of the holidays. But behind the empty words, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened.
Each couple has a fifteen-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families. As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. As civility and friendship disintegrate, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love.
Tautly written, incredibly gripping, and told by an unforgettable narrator, The Dinner promises to be the topic of countless dinner party debates. Skewering everything from parenting values to pretentious menus to political convictions, this novel reveals the dark side of genteel society and asks what each of us would do in the face of unimaginable tragedy.
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Herman Koch is a Dutch actor and writer who was born in 1953. Before finishing his education in Russia, he attended the Montessori Lyceum. Koch is a well-known television actor who has appeared in the series Jiskefet and is a columnist for the Volkskrant newspaper. His sixth novel, The Dinner, was awarded the renowned Publieksprijs Award in 2009. Koch now resides in Spain.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780770437855 |
| ISBN 10 | 0770437850 |
| Title | The Dinner |
| Author | Herman Koch |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press |
| Year published | 2013-02-12 |
| Number of pages | 292 |
| Prizes | Winner of ALA Notable Books (Fiction) 2014 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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