ISBN: 9781925240665 - summer house with swimming pool (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 409 pages. cover worn, name ffep, The blistering, compulsively readable new novel from Herman Koch, author of t he instant New York Times bestseller The Dinner.When a medical procedure goes ho rribly wrong and famous actor Ralph Meier winds up dead, Dr. Marc Schlosser need s to come up with some answers. After all, reputation is everything in this busi ness. Personally, he?s not exactly upset that Ralph is gone, but as a high pro file 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 a greed to spend a week at the Meier?s extravagant summer home on the Mediterran ean. 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 incid ent disrupts the idyll, darker motivations are revealed, and suddenly no one can be trusted. As the ultimate holiday soon turns into a nightmare, the circumstan ces surrounding Ralph?s later death begin to reveal the disturbing reality beh ind that summer?s tragedy.Featuring the razor-sharp humor and acute psychologi cal 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.…