Dear Mr. M : a novel /
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| Author / Creator: | Koch, Herman, 1953- author. |
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| Uniform title: | Geachte heer M. English |
| Edition: | First American edition. |
| Imprint: | London ; New York : Hogarth, [2016] |
| Description: | 400 pages ; 22 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10877444 |
| Summary: | The tour-de-force, hair-raising new novel from Herman Koch, the New York Times bestselling author of The Dinner and Summer House with Swimming Pool <br> <br> Once a celebrated writer, M had his greatest success with a suspense novel based on a real-life disappearance. It told the story of a history teacher who went missing one winter after having a brief affair with a beautiful student of his. The teacher was never found. Upon publication, M's novel was a runaway bestseller, one that marked his international breakthrough.<br> <br> That was years ago, and now M's career is fading. But not when it comes to his bizarre, seemingly timid neighbor who keeps a close eye on him and his wife. Why?<br> <br> From alternating points of view, where no one is to be trusted, Herman Koch weaves together an intricate tale of a writer in decline, a teenage couple in love, a missing teacher, and a single book that entwines all of their fates. Thanks to M's novel, supposedly a work of fiction, everyone seems to be linked forever, until something unexpected spins the "story" off its rails.<br> <br> With ever increasing tension, his signature sardonic wit and world-renowned sharp eye for human failings, Herman Koch once again spares nothing and no one in his gripping new novel, a barbed performance that suspends readers in the mysterious space between fact and fiction. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in the Netherlands as Geachte heer M. by Ambo Anthos, Amsterdam, in 2014." |
| Physical Description: | 400 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781101903322 1101903325 9781101903339 |
