The Dinner Party

'I remember everything that happened in those three minutes at the beginning of the evening him and me in the kitchen. That and what happened at the end: the knife and what I did with it.' Franca left the Netherlands behind to start her new life in England with Andrew. Andrew whose parents lived in South Kensington but had a flat their son could 'borrow' nearby. Andrew an old-fashioned British gentleman who encourages her not to work but to instead focus on her writing. Andrew who suggests a dinner party with his colleagues to celebrate their big upcoming launch. A dinner party that Franca must plan and shop and cook and clean for. A dinner party during a heatwave when the fridge breaks alcohol replaces water and an unexpected guest joins their ranks. A dinner party where everything she once was and everything she now is comes together and she feels like she might implode.