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The Dinner

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Deceptively polite dinner unearths shocking secrets

Recommended for fans of suspenseful family dramas, "The Dinner" is a gripping tale that explores how far parents will go to protect their children. Koch's clever writing and use of flashbacks keeps the reader on edge as the tension between the two couples builds throughout the course of the meal. The book's most distinctive feature is the gradual unveiling of the unimaginable crime committed by their sons, which leaves the reader questioning if they would make the same choices in a similar situation.

  • Publieksprijs voor het Nederlandse Boek (2009)
  • PEN Translation Prize Nominee for Sam Garrett (2014)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2014)
  • Metų verstinė knyga Nominee (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Dinner

Regular price ₱451.80
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per
ISBN: 9780857897206
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: ₱1,218.60
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Date of Publication: 2012-08-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Contemporary
Related Topics: Mystery Thriller, Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Goodreads rating: 3.22
(rated by 160505 readers)

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Alternate cover edition can be found hereAn 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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Deceptively polite dinner unearths shocking secrets

Recommended for fans of suspenseful family dramas, "The Dinner" is a gripping tale that explores how far parents will go to protect their children. Koch's clever writing and use of flashbacks keeps the reader on edge as the tension between the two couples builds throughout the course of the meal. The book's most distinctive feature is the gradual unveiling of the unimaginable crime committed by their sons, which leaves the reader questioning if they would make the same choices in a similar situation.

  • Publieksprijs voor het Nederlandse Boek (2009)
  • PEN Translation Prize Nominee for Sam Garrett (2014)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2014)
  • Metų verstinė knyga Nominee (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.