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Zusatztext A riveting but disturbing literary thriller from the richly talented Dutch author who sprang to prominence with his gripping The Dinner . . . Delicately told! in spare! haunting prose! there are echoes of Stephen King's Misery ! but this is even more subtle! with a denouement to send shivers down the spine. Informationen zum Autor Herman Koch was born in 1953. He is the author of a number of novels - including The Dinner , Dear Mr. M and Summer House with Swimming Pool - short stories, has acted for radio, television, and film, and was a co-creator of the long-running Dutch TV comedy series Jiskefet (1990-2005). The Dinner has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide and spent a year on the New York Times bestseller list. Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney, and Chloë Sevigny also star in the film adaptation. Klappentext 'Herman Koch has made a career from saying the apparently unsayable.' Financial Times When Robert Walter, the popular Mayor of Amsterdam, sees his wife toss her head back with laughter while chatting to one of his aldermen at a New Year's reception, he immediately suspects she is cheating on him. Though happily married, he has always wondered why Sylvia, born and raised in a distant country, chose him. Soon afterwards, a journalist unearths an old photograph of a police officer being beaten up by three Vietnam War protestors, one of whom she claims is Robert. Just as unespectedly, Robert's ninety-four-year-old father announces that he and his wife would rather end their lives than burden their son with their deteriorating health. Once stable and successful, Robert becomes entangled in his fears and suspicions, consumed by jealousy and paranoia. Nothing is what it seems, or is Robert finally beginning to see the world - and his life - as they are, for the first time? Written with Herman Koch's trademark originality, playfulness, and edge, The Ditch is a wildly clever - and guttingly familiar - story of a man whose sadistic skill for undermining himself and his marriage comes to cost him nearly everything. From the author of the internationally bestselling The Dinner, a dark and gripping novel about how even the most stable of people can be undone by jealousy. Zusammenfassung From the author of the internationally bestselling The Dinner, a dark and gripping novel about how even the most stable of people can be undone by jealousy....
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Herman Koch has made a career from saying the apparently unsayable. Financial Times
