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The million-copy bestseller: A darkly disturbing tale of violence, parenthood and the fa‡ade of middle-class complacency, reissued in a stylish new livery as part of Atlantic´s Cult Classics series.

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I felt the same cold that I had felt earlier that evening in my son´s room, the cold that came from inside. Beside the homeless person´s head, Rick´s face appeared. My nephew grinned at the camera. ´Take one,´ he said. ´Action!´

An evening in Amsterdam and two couples meet for dinner to discuss their teenage sons. The boys have committed a horrifying crime, caught on CCTV, but so far they remain unidentified - except by their parents. Over the polite hum of restaurant conversation and the squeal of cutlery on plates, the couples have a question to answer: how far will they go to protect their children?

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Gripping Sunday Times

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