Summer House with Swimming Pool
Herman Koch
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Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD A doctor to the rich and famous goes to extreme lengths to protect his daughter in this dark and addictive novel from the author of the million-copy bestseller The Dinner. Marc Schlosser is a doctor to the rich and famous. When his most famous patient, the actor Ralph Meier, invites him and his family on holiday, Marc finds that he can't refuse. But by the time the suntans fade, Ralph Meier is dead. The medical board accuses Marc of negligence. Ralph's wife, however, accuses him of murder...
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