Summer House with Swimming Pool Summer House with Swimming Pool

Summer House with Swimming Pool

A Novel

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Publisher Description

The blistering, compulsively readable new novel from Herman Koch, author of the instant New York Times bestseller The Dinner.

When a medical procedure goes horribly wrong and famous actor Ralph Meier winds up dead, Dr. Marc Schlosser needs to come up with some answers. After all, reputation is everything in this business. Personally, he’s not exactly upset that Ralph is gone, but as a high profile doctor to the stars, Marc can't hide from the truth forever.

It all started the previous summer. Marc, his wife, and their two beautiful teenage daughters agreed to spend a week at the Meier’s extravagant summer home on the Mediterranean. Joined by Ralph and his striking wife Judith, her mother, and film director Stanley Forbes and his much younger girlfriend, the large group settles in for days of sunshine, wine tasting, and trips to the beach. But when a violent incident disrupts the idyll, darker motivations are revealed, and suddenly no one can be trusted. As the ultimate holiday soon turns into a nightmare, the circumstances surrounding Ralph’s later death begin to reveal the disturbing reality behind that summer’s tragedy.

Featuring the razor-sharp humor and acute psychological insight that made The Dinner an international phenomenon, Summer House with Swimming Pool is a controversial, thought-provoking novel that showcases Herman Koch at his finest.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2014
June 3
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
400
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
8.3
MB

Customer Reviews

Jackcswag ,

Dark but good

Hard to put down

KaNineteen ,

Clever story, despicable characters

I absolutely adore this author's style. I read late into the night and didn't even notice. These characters are mostly horrible people, but in such real and interesting ways. This thought provoking story about fathers and daughters and how men really see women, unfolds in a creative way. I'm just sad that I can find only one other book by Koch that's been translated into English, and I've already read it!

Blueshoes57 ,

Could Not Put It Down

Really liked this book. Good writing about emotions make the characters come alive. Enough mystery to keep the book moving along. Would read this author again.

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