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The ditch : a novel / Herman Koch ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett.

Koch, Herman, 1953- (author.). Garrett, Sam, (translator.).

Summary:

Despite their long and happy marriage, Robert Walter, popular mayor of Amsterdam, is convinced that Sylvia is cheating on him - with a respectable alderman. Robert starts spending a lot of time and energy "behaving normally." Naturally, his normal behavior is far more suspicious - ultimately losing himself in increasingly panicked and paranoid trains of thought.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525572381
  • Physical Description: 306 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Hogarth, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in Dutch in the Netherlands as De Greppel by Ambo Anthos, Amsterdam, in 2016.
Subject: Married people > Fiction.
Spouses > Fiction.
Adultery > Fiction.
Mayors > Fiction.
Obsession in men > Fiction.
Paranoia > Fiction.
Amsterdam (Netherlands) > Fiction.
Genre: Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Dutch fiction.

Available copies

  • 11 of 11 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.

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Terrace Public Library KOC (Text) 35151001088475 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

HERMAN KOCH is the author of nine novels and three collections of short stories. The Dinner, his sixth novel, has been published in more than 50 countries and was the winner of the Publieksprijs Prize in 2009. He currently lives in Amsterdam.


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