
' An absolute page-turner' Mail on Sunday Dear Mr MI'd like to start by telling you that I'm doing better now I do so because you probably have no idea that I was ever doing worse Much worse in fact but I'll get to that later on Mr M is being watched As a famous writer he is no stranger to the limelight although interest in his work has been dwindling of late His print runs are smaller than they used to be as are the crowds at his bookshop signings Our narrator clearly takes a keen interest in M's work & indeed in every aspect of his life But what exactly are his intentions? & to what does Mr M owe the honour of his undivided attention? Our narrator seems to be no stranger to murder while his own story appears to bear more than a passing resemblance to the plot of Mr M's most famous novel a teacher has an affair with a student only to be brutally murdered by the girl & her teenage boyfriend The body is never found That's the problem with fiction in real life bodies have an awkward habit of turning up Mr M has used some artistic licence & our narrator is not pleased not pleased at all & just before he fades into obscurity he's prepared to give Mr M one last review & it's unlikely to be a rave Dear Mr M is an unsettling & irresistibly readable literary thriller set in the world of writing & bookselling by Herman Koch the author of the international bestseller The Dinner