Summer House with Swimming pool

If you take the law into your own hands, be careful not to burn them. Doctor Marc Schlosser has made a medical error causing the death of one of his patients, the famous actor Ralph Meier. He will have to appear before the Medical Disciplinary Tribunal, but he is not particularly concerned: ‘A few months’ suspension, that’s what it’ll come down to. We all know each other, so it won’t go any further than that.’

But is it really a medical error? For Marc had a score to settle with this patient, who showed just a little too much interest in his beautiful wife Caroline. And what happened during the holiday when Marc and his family shared a summerhouse with Ralph Meier?

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Koch takes us beneath the surface of everyday life and into the murky waters of life-altering decisions. You may not like what the summer house guests choose to do, but you’ll probably see a little of yourself in all of them in what could be the most talked-about book of the summer.’CHICAGO TRIBUNE

'Gripping and disturbing and unexpected. [Koch] spares no one, least of all his readers.’HERALD SUN

‘Summer House with Swimming Pool is perfectly constructed and written with obvious pleasure.’BOEK

‘After the resounding success of The Dinner , Herman Koch comes with a new novel, Summer House with Swimming Pool, in which moral issues are tackled in a delightful fashion.’RED

‘Fast, satirical and with a rock–solid plot.’METRO

‘One reason to read a book (when well-executed) that may challe nge, horrify and even offend is because of the way it can help us di ssect our own fl aws and prejudices, our moral compass, and our actions. Summer House can certainly be engaged with on this level, leaving us alert a nd unsettled.’WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN

‘A skilful, timely novel , one you simply can’t put down.’HET PAROOL

‘Once again Koch shows us, in that keen, almost icy style, how easy it is for successful people to go haywire.’GLAMOUR

‘A funny and sharp–edged litany.’ELSEVIER

‘Summer House with Swimming Pool is a story ingeniously told, in which Koch turns the spotlight of his imagination in deliciously cynical fashion on the world of medicine and of Famous Dutch People.’HET PAROOL

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‘Herman Koch shows brilliantly how you can see things that might not be there at all, how your imagination can run away with you. The Ditch is an ode to the imagination.’ **** Het Parool

‘Tense, ingeniously constructed novel by a chuckling writer.’ ZIN

‘A novel that has become a moral question around the world.’ La Repubblica (Italy)

‘Dizzying and poetic, a book the reader will think about long after the last page has been turned. ALGEMEEN DAGBLAD

‘Koch proved himself a master at recording absurd trains of thoughts and slapstick situations. Both painful and hilarious at the same time.’ NRC HANDELSBLAD

‘War at Last is a book with a headstrong protagonist who, with all his fears and thoughts, quickly wins over the reader. The images are beautiful and powerful. The book’s whimsicality is a large part of its charm.’ Elsevier

‘Koch has outdone himself. His heroine is beautiful, tragic and believable.’ De Groene Amsterdammer

‘The story unfolds from one powerful scene to the next, from one penetrating image to another.’ Vrij Nederland

‘Enjoyably true to life with Koch's flowing, ironic style as the familiar background music.’ BOEK

‘From the second line, “You must have heard of me”, you wish him the worst.’ de Volkskrant

'Herman Koch's satirical masterpiece Save Us, Maria Montanelli should be compulsory reading in all schools.' De Volkskrant

Koch commands his metier with an effortless superiority. De Volkskrant

Herman Koch slaat verrassend toe in bijtende roman. Elsevier