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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‘The Ditch is another Great Watergraafsmeerian Novel.’ *** NRC Handelsblad

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

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

‘Questionable morals in a provoking drama.’ **** OPZIJ

‘An intelligent, psychologically complex novel, exploring the boundaries of morality.’ STERN

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

‘A novel both hilarious and poignant that turns everything on its head so often that you end up not knowing which is which: fiction or reality.’ GPD

‘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

'In an extremely penetrating manner, Herman Koch describes the fortunes and misfortunes of the fossilised teaching staff with its false cheerfulness and hypocritical belief in the ‘Montanelli Method'.' De Ster

Even more than a book about memories, this is a book about lost memories and that is the thing that makes this one so special. Trouw

Wie Koch kent, weet gemanipuleerd te gaan worden, met onweerstaanbare vertellers en superieure ironie. En ook nu weer krijgt hij je in de tang NRC