The dinner: a novel
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Two brothers and their wives 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 show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love.
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Koch, H., & Garrett, S. (2013). The dinner: a novel. First paperback edition. Hogarth.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Koch, Herman, 1953- and Sam, Garrett. 2013. The Dinner: A Novel. Hogarth.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Koch, Herman, 1953- and Sam, Garrett, The Dinner: A Novel. Hogarth, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Koch, Herman and Sam Garrett. The Dinner: A Novel. First paperback edition. Hogarth, 2013.
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