![]() ![]() Paul may have mislaid his moral compass but his vicious comments on middle-class tastes are right on target. ![]() ![]() Although he and his wife Claire seem to enjoy a happy home life, free from the hypocrisy he lays at his politician brother’s door, it transpires that his son has committed a disgusting and cold-blooded crime. The narrator is disillusioned and deeply cynical former teacher Paul. Two brothers and their wives meet for dinner and as the evening wears on some very unsavoury truths emerge. Novelist Herman Koch’s fifth novel takes place in a well-known Amsterdam restaurant (a thinly disguised De Kas) popular with the upwardly mobile. The selection is a random one and of course there are many, many more. The nights are drawing in, so why not curl up in front of the fire with a good book? Here’s our pick of 10 great Dutch novels in an English translation. ![]()
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