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Herman Koch, a Dutch writer known for his sharp satire, dissects the boundaries of morality through dinner at an expensive restaurant in his novel The Mansion. The novel gnaws at your conscience, leaving you with the question: What would you do if it were
When a treatment goes horribly wrong and famous actor Ralph Meier ends up dead, Dr. Marc Schlosser has some questions to answer. After all, reputation is everything in his business. He's not personally too upset about Ralph's death, but as a famous, fashionable doctor, Marc can't hide from the truth forever.
It all started the previous summer. Marc, his wife, and their two teenage daughters spend a week in the Mediterranean at the Meier family's vacation home, with Ralph, his wife, and his mother-in-law, as well as film director Stanley Forbes and his girlfriend. They quickly settle into the sunny days, bottles of fine wine, and beach trips, but when a violent event disrupts the idyll, darker impulses are revealed and suddenly no one can be trusted. As the perfect vacation soon turns into a nightmare, the circumstances surrounding Ralph's death begin to reveal the disturbing reality behind that summer tragedy.
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