A darkly funny, daring, and operatic novel that's one part The Corrections, one part The Producers

When Jacob and Maria welcome their future family members to their wedding at a gaudily decorated provincial hotel in an old-fashioned Dutch seaside town, they spare no expense. It's shaping up to be the party of the century, but almost immediately the edifice begins to crumble. Ludo has caught the clap, Liza's sex-addicted mother is lying about everything to everyone, and a shocking article in a local newspaper reveals that both Hans and Jacob are hiding very shady past.

Will the bride wise up? Can the groom resist Betsy, the daughter of the disgraced leader of the local Dutch Nazi party? Can Kati get away with cavorting with the hotel doorman? Skeletons fly out of closets with reckless abandon as The German Wedding careens toward its dramatic denouement.