Anti-Dutch slogans had been scrawled on the walls of many residences secondaires, but according to my brother, this was the work of 'a tiny minority' - after all, wasn't everyone nice to you when you went to a shop or a restaurant? At the same time, they failed to see that the local French population of the Dordogne fairly retched at the sight of Dutch people. They belonged to that class of Dutch people who think everything French is 'great': from croissants to French bread with Camembert, from French cars (they themselves drove one of the top-end Peugeots) to French chansons and French ﬁlms. 12.Įvery year, Serge and Babette went to their house in the Dordogne with the children. It will be released in the United States on Feb. The Dinner was an international hit when it came out in 2009. Scenes of the fateful dinner are interspersed with flashbacks in this excerpt, Paul grumbles about a visit to his brother's summer home in France. No one has yet identified the perpetrators in the video - except their parents, who've planned the dinner to talk about it. Each couple has a teenage son, and the two boys have committed a ghastly crime - a crime that's been captured on grainy viral video. But the dinner conversation is grim, even shocking. The book begins with two couples meeting for dinner in a posh Amsterdam restaurant: Paul Lohman, the entertainingly bilious narrator, his brother Serge, a rising politician almost certain to become prime minister in the next election, and their wives. Herman Koch's new novel The Dinner is a meal that may give you indigestion, but you'll relish the burn. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Dinner Author Herman Koch

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