The a novel Koch, Herman 1953- creator Garrett, Sam. text nyu New York Hogarth c2012 2012 1st ed. monographic eng dut

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292 p. ; 22 cm. Two couples meet for dinner at a fashionable restaurant in Amsterdam. Behind their polite conversation, 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 shows just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love. Herman Koch ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett. Originally published in the Netherlands as Het Diner by Ambo Anthos, Amsterdam, in 2009 --T.p. verso. e-ne--- Families Netherlands Fiction Amsterdam (Netherlands) Fiction PT5881.21.O25 D56513 2013 9780770437855 2012025626 DLC 130228 20190501233251.0 798058782 eng