Summer House With Swimming Pool (Thorndike Press Large Print Core) - Hardcover

Praise for Herman Koch's "The Dinner
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"A European "Gone Girl.".."The Dinner," a sly psychological thriller that hinges on a horrific crime and its consequences for two families, has become one of spring's most anticipated suspense novels." --"The Wall Street Journal""
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"Poised to shake up American publishing...Koch tells a story that could very well take away your appetite." --USA Today.com
"[Koch] has created a clever, dark confection...absorbing and highly readable." --"New York Times Book Review"
"[A] deliciously Mr. Ripley-esque drama." --"O, The Oprah Magazine"
"You'll eat it up, with some fava beans and a nice Chianti." --"Entertainment Weekly "
"Koch's ability to toy with the reader's alliances while using one family's distress to consider greater societal ills gives the novel a vital punch." --"Daily Beast"
"A tart main course that explores how quickly the facade of civility can crumble. It's hard to digest at times, but with a thought-provoking taste that lingers." --"Cleveland Plain Dealer"
"The novel has been called the "Gone Girl" of the Continent, and not without cause: Like Gillian Flynn's bestseller, it's a tale told by an unreliable narrator, full of twists and skillfully executed revelations, ultimately registering as a black parable about the deceptively civilized surface of cosmopolitan, middle-class lives...What Koch achieves with his prose--plain but undergirded by breathtaking angles, like a beautiful face scrubbed free of makeup -- is a brilliantly engineered and (for the thoughtful reader) chastening mindfuck. The novel is designed to make you think twice, then thrice, not only about what goes on within its pages, but also the next time indignation rises up, pure and fiery, in your own heart." --Salon.com
"Briskly paced and full of ingenious twists--a compulsive read...for those who can tolerate the unsavory company, "The Dinner" is a treat they'll gulp down in one sitting." --"Da

Concealing the medical mistake that caused the death of a famous actor, Dr. Marc Schlosser gradually reveals the personal reasons why he sought the victim's death, including an assault on the doctor's daughter.