The Dinner - Audio Book

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Details: It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, & two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of food & over the scrapings of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse. But behind the empty words, terrible things need to be said, & with every forced smile & every new course, the knives are being sharpened. Each couple has a fifteen-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation & shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families. As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. As civility & friendship disintegrate, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love. Skewering everything from parenting values to pretentious menus to political convictions, this novel reveals the dark side of genteel society & asks what each of us would do in the face of unimaginable tragedy. Read by Clive Mantle. Ideal for: A compelling listen for fans of literary fiction. Running time approximately: 8 hours 50 minutes. 8 CD's unabridged.