What's That Novel

May 18, 2013 4:30 PM

NovelFilter: please help me identify a novel which begins with a suicide - there is a wealthy (they have a cook & a maid) family dinner, someone leaves to go to the restroom, finds the daughter in a pool of blood. I also remember that the father continues to chew on his food as he stares in shock at the body, an uneaten ice-cream cake, and possibly that the suicide results in the narrator marrying the daughter's fiance. That's all I got - any ideas?
posted by forallmankind to Writing & Language (2 answers total)

Best answer: A Heart so White by Javier Marias.
posted by CutaneousRabbit at 4:58 PM on May 18, 2013

Response by poster: Yes - score! Thanks!
posted by forallmankind at 5:55 PM on May 18, 2013