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.
“Full of soul, with characters who are real, relatable and flawed. I loved Just a Little Dinner.” Ceci Browning, THE TIMES
“In the cinema and the theatre, feasts that descend into disaster are a distinctly French speciality. Cécile Tlili manages to reinvent this tradition with her very first novel.” PARIS MATCH
“A hurtful and sadly all-too commonplace human comedy, wonderfully described by an author we will hear a lot more from.” Laurance Caracalla, LE FIGARO LITTÉRAIRE
“The dramatic tension between the two couples is electrifying as the evening takes its unexpected turns.” LE MONDE DES LIVRES
