Summer house with swimming pool : A novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780804138819 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0804138818
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Physical Description:
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387 p. ; 22 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Hogarth, c2014.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in the Netherlands as Zomerhuis met zwembad by Ambo Anthos, Amsterdam, in 2011"--T.p. verso. |
Language Note: | Translated from the Dutch. |
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Subject: | Physicians -- Fiction Medical ethics -- Fiction Vacation homes -- Fiction Life change events -- Fiction Mediterranean Region -- Fiction |
Genre: | Medical thriller. Suspense fiction. Dutch fiction > Translations into English. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Concealing the medical mistake that caused the death of a famous actor, Dr. Marc Schlosser gradually reveals the personal reasons he sought the victim's death, including an assault on the doctor's daughter. 150,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
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. - Random House, Inc.
The blistering, compulsively readable new novel from Herman Koch, author of the instantNew 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, heâs 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 Meierâs 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 Ralphâs later death begin to reveal the disturbing reality behind that summerâs 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.