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Just a Little Dinner

Just a Little Dinner

Author(s): Cécile Tlili, Katherine Gregor (translator)

Location(s): Paris, Tunisia

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Contemporary

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Parisians behaving badly: a dinner party implodes in this darkly compelling tale, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Day.

In tired, hot Paris at the end of August, a group of friends, who’d rather still be at the sea, meet for a dinner in one couple’s apartment.

Taking us behind the shutters of the Sixth Arrondissement, with a cast of characters that both delight and repel, fractured relationships, manipulation, bad behaviour and desperation are all laid bare in this very contemporary take on a Parisian huis clos story.

What starts as just a little dinner ends up having monumental consequences for everyone.

Shortlisted for the 2024 Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman

Winner of the 2023 Prix Littéraire Gisèle Halimi for Women’s Writing

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