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Summer house with swimming pool : a novel / Herman Koch ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Dutch Publication details: London, New York : Hogarth, 2014.Edition: First editionDescription: 387 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780804138819
  • 0804138818 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Summer house with a swimming pool
Uniform titles:
  • Zomerhuis met zwembad. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 839.313/64 23
LOC classification:
  • PT5881.21.O25 Z6613 2014
Summary: 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.
Holdings: Book

Originally published as: Zomerhuis met zwembad. Amsterdam : Ambo Anthos, 2011.

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.

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