What I loved most about the book were the awkward conversations it was delicious to experience one of those uncomfortable, 'let's keep things nice, don't cause a scene' situations from an outsider point of view. What the kids did is surely a hideous thing and the book raises the question if the parents are (partly) responsible for their kids' behavior. In between courses, the parents have secret phone-conversations with their children, so slowly we find out what happened and what's going on. I was treated to an excellent suspense story! Not in the least that of one of them, who's trying to become the new prime minister of the Netherlands.Īuthor Herman Koch is well known in the Netherlands as part of a satirical comedy group and I didn't know what to expect when I tried this bestselling book (I mostly based my decision to buy on the cool cover ). Those boys have done something that could seriously harm everybody's future. Their conversations are stilted, because they are trying to avoid talking about their teenage sons.
Summary: Two brothers and their wives have dinner in a fancy restaurant.
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