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The Dinner Herman Koch

The Dinner By Herman Koch

The Dinner by Herman Koch


$22.49
Condition - Very Good
7 in stock

Summary

The million-copy bestseller: A darkly disturbing tale of violence, parenthood and the facade of middle-class complacency, reissued in a stylish new livery as part of Atlantic's Cult Classics series.

The Dinner Summary

The Dinner by Herman Koch

I felt the same cold that I had felt earlier that evening in my son's room, the cold that came from inside. Beside the homeless person's head, Rick's face appeared. My nephew grinned at the camera. 'Take one,' he said. 'Action!'

An evening in Amsterdam and two couples meet for dinner to discuss their teenage sons. The boys have committed a horrifying crime, caught on CCTV, but so far they remain unidentified - except by their parents. Over the polite hum of restaurant conversation and the squeal of cutlery on plates, the couples have a question to answer: how far will they go to protect their children?

The Dinner Reviews

Gripping * Sunday Times *
Deliciously dark * Independent *
A feast of a novel... Spine-chillingly brilliant * Evening Standard *
Smart, shocking and unputdownable * Gillian Flynn *
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 *
Riveting, compelling and deliciously uncomfortable * Christos Tsiolkas *
What a tremendous book. I loved every single gripping and strange thing about it. * MJ Hyland *

About Herman Koch

Herman Koch, born in 1953, is a Dutch writer. The Dinner is his sixth novel and won the Netherlands' most prestigious literary prize. Herman Koch currently lives in Amsterdam.

Sam Garrett has translated some 30 novels and works of non-fiction, for which he has won prizes and appeared on shortlists for some of the world's most prestigious literary awards.

Additional information

GOR009583107
9781786495020
1786495023
The Dinner by Herman Koch
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Atlantic Books
2018-04-05
320
Long-listed for IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2013 (UK)
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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