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|title=The Dinner

|sort= Dinner

|author=Herman Koch

|genre=General Fiction

|rating=4.5

|publisher=Atlantic

|date=July 2012

|summary=Family ties and a public crime bind two couples together, but with differences of opinion, not everyone can get their way in the aftermath. A little inappropriately funny and a lot thought-provoking.

}}

Serge Lohman, presidential candidate, is not the kind of man to frequent the cafés of ordinary people, and so when his brother Paul and his wife Claire join Serge and wife Babette for dinner, it can only be at the fanciest of locales, and for 'fanciest' read poshest, snootiest, and most overpriced. And while they may be in Holland, going Dutch is not on the menu. This is not Serge’s story, however. It is Paul’s, and what he lacks in terms of income, power and influence compared to his brother, he more than makes up for with dry humour and astute observations.