The Dinner

January Book Selection--Discussion Monday, January 19, 2015

"Over dinner at an Amsterdam restaurant, two couples —

brothers and their wives — discuss a terrible crime most likely committed by their sons.

The crime is not yet public, but grainy video footage exists —

and both sets of parents know it depicts their offspring. As the conversation deepens,

one wrenching question gets clearer and more pressing by the moment:

How far will each family go to protect those it loves?"

NPR Summary

by Herman Koch