Konstantin Shalev Shalev itibaren Wittmar, Almanya
This book was thoroughly unsettling and not how I imagined it at all. As I recall, I wouldn't recommend reading it at night, although I'm the jumpy sort.
I recently re-read this and it's companion, Mrs. Bridge. They are both terrific. You get a portrait of them through sharp, witty descriptions of the trivial day to day things that make up a person's life. Mr. Bridge is a racist, sexist, greedy man and his wife is clueless and seemingly lacking the ability for critical thinking, but somehow they are pillars of their country-club neighborhood. I wish more people loved these two books as much as I do.