The Dinner

Herman Koch

Original title: Het Diner

first published 2009 Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH, 2013 hardcover

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Het diner is een roman uit 2009 van de Nederlandse auteur Herman Koch. Het diner gaat over vier ouders (twee broers en hun echtgenoten) wier loyaliteit jegens hun kinderen op de proef wordt gesteld wanneer blijkt dat die een misdaad op hun geweten hebben: in hoeverre mag je je kinderen blijven beschermen?

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This book in English

Sam Garrett 4 printings we hold · 2012–2013 · Atlantic Books

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Editions we hold

The Dinner paperback · 2018 · Cult Classics · 309 pages · 9781786495020
The Dinner paperback · 2017 · Hogarth · 310 pages · 9780804190091
Dinner edition · 2017 · Text Publishing Company · 320 pages · 9781925498578
The Dinner paperback · 2014 · Atlantic Books · 314 pages · 9781782394884
The Dinner paperback · 2013 · Hogarth · 310 pages · 9780385346856
Dinner edition · 2013 · Thorndike Press · 406 pages · 9781594137181
The Dinner audiobook · 2013 · Audiogo · 1 pages · 9781620645918
Dinner edition · 2013 · Text Publishing Company · 320 pages · 9781922147561
The Dinner hardcover · 2013 · Hogarth · 292 pages · 9780770437855
The Dinner Lib/E audiobook · 2013 · Blackstone Publishing · 9780792796817
The Dinner hardcover · 2013 · Thorndike Press · 407 pages · 9781410459299
The Dinner edition · 2013 · Hogarth · 9780385346849

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