#17

There is only one word to describe book #17 and that would be disturbing.  The Dinner by Herman Koch is just disturbing.  People explaining away evil acts in the name of a happy family.
Scary because it's probably an accurate description of real people.  Hopefully the minority of people...but it's frightening that there are any that would think this way.
At no point did I ever feel sympathy for any of the characters.  They were all sad and pathetic and I can't say I'm a better person for having read this book, nor would I recommend it.  I just found it disturbing.

fl: We were going out to dinner.  ll: "Dear old Dad," he said.