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The Dinner
A Novel
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It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. What starts off as friendly conversation quickly changes. Both couples have teenage sons, and those two boys are linked together through a tragic act. Soon, both sets of parents reveal just what they are
… More »It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. What starts off as friendly conversation quickly changes. Both couples have teenage sons, and those two boys are linked together through a tragic act. Soon, both sets of parents reveal just what they are willing to do to protect their children.
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Authors:
Koch, Herman, 1953-
Statement of Responsibility:
Herman Koch ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett
Uniform Title
Diner. English
Title:
The dinner
a novel
a novel
Publisher:
New York :, Hogarth,, c2012.
Edition:
1st ed
Characteristics:
292 p. ;,22 cm.
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Add a CommentBORING NOVEL
Foreboding, dark. Interesting story but flawed-very improbable? Narrative is too long and significant pieces unnecessary. There are flashes of genius in Koch's writing but not sustained.