Mensch ohne Hund

Pretty good book about the destructiveness of families. A couple of retired teachers invited their children to visit them in their small city. The visit ended with two murders - one of a son who embarrassed himself on national TV and was desperate enough to accept an invitation of an unknown woman - a woman who was crazy and who held a grudge against him. The other of a boy who was embarrassed enough by the notion of his parents discovering he was a homosexual that he agreed to sleep with his aunt who tried to prove to him he was not. The boy was murdered by the aunt's husband. Overall - very well written and thoughtful book, though rather depressing.