'Funny, provocative and exceedingly dark, this is a brilliantly addictive novel that wraps its hands around your throat on page one and doesn't let go.' SJ Watson
A summer's evening in Amsterdam and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant. 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 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, and as civility and friendship disintegrates, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love.
'What a tremendous book. I loved every single gripping and strange thing about it.' MJ Hyland
'Shivers kept shooting up my backbone as I became engrossed in Koch s darkly disturbing tale of family life... As the dinner disintegrates into mayhem, we discover just how far the middle classes will go to protect their monstrous offspring' Daily Mail
'Rather like The Slap it is set to become a contentious must-read. It may thrill, chill or cheat, but it is riveting' Independent
'I m confidently predicting that The Dinner will become this summer s literary talk of the town... Order yours now' Evening Standard
'A riveting, compelling and deliciously uncomfortable read... This novel is both a punch to the guts and also a tonic. It clears the air. A wonderful book' Christos Tsiolkas
A summer's evening in Amsterdam and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant. 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 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, and as civility and friendship disintegrates, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love.
'What a tremendous book. I loved every single gripping and strange thing about it.' MJ Hyland
'Shivers kept shooting up my backbone as I became engrossed in Koch s darkly disturbing tale of family life... As the dinner disintegrates into mayhem, we discover just how far the middle classes will go to protect their monstrous offspring' Daily Mail
'Rather like The Slap it is set to become a contentious must-read. It may thrill, chill or cheat, but it is riveting' Independent
'I m confidently predicting that The Dinner will become this summer s literary talk of the town... Order yours now' Evening Standard
'A riveting, compelling and deliciously uncomfortable read... This novel is both a punch to the guts and also a tonic. It clears the air. A wonderful book' Christos Tsiolkas
