Dear Mr. M: A Novel

Dear Mr. M: A Novel

<b>The tour-de-force, hair-raising new novel from Herman Koch, the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Dinner</i> and <i>Summer House with Swimming Pool</i></b><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. <br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>