By Book Club Member Nina Mistilis The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed, a historical 2021 Booker prize list book, relates how Mahmood Mattan an immigrant Somali seaman, estranged husband, father, gambler, and petty thief was wrongly convicted and hanged for murdering a Jewish shopkeeper in 1952 in Cardiff, Wales; 46 years later his [...]
By the Book Club Team Dear Members, Covid has not been kind to most organisations. The book club is no exception. While we can attract large numbers to hear from authors like Nick Whitlam, we need more members for our regular monthly one-hour meetings. Obviously, the Club is full of readers and obviously, [...]
Another edge-of-the-seat Booker prize shortlists novel China Room is set to engage our Book Club members. Written by Sunjeev Sahota, this book revolves around two unforgettable characters seeking to free themselves—one from the expectations of women in early 20th century Punjab, and the other from the weight of life in the contemporary Indian diaspora. [...]
The monthly Book Club meet is almost here... The book selection for this event was also from the Booker prize shortlist: – The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed. The Fortune Men is a non-fiction novel that semi-fictionalises the true story of Mahmood Hussein Mattan, a Somali former merchant seaman who was executed after being wrongfully [...]
By Book Club's David Castle Book Club Backs Booker Prize Winner - The Promise Book Review Most of our Members loved The Promise by Damon Galgut, the winner of the 2021 Booker prize. But that did not stop our usual lively debate, where every opinion is fully aired and appreciated. Set in South [...]
17:30 Tuesday 26 July The Promise charts the crash and burn of a white South African family, living on a farm outside Pretoria. The Swarts are gathering for Ma’s funeral. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for — not least the failed promise to the Black woman who has [...]
By Peter Werner The group mostly enjoyed Life After Life, the ambitious 600-page novel by Kate Atkinson. Atkinson's project follows the story of Ursula Todd who experiences an endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth. Most thought it was a hard book to get onto, disorienting at first, but develops well with vivid [...]
By Member Ian Pendleton The Leopard is a tale of an ageing aristocrat, Don Fabrizio Cordera who heads his princely household in 1860’s Sicily as Garibaldi’s forces threaten the overthrow of the old order. He is a family man who cares little for his wife or children, who torments the family priest and [...]
Join the Book Club 17:30 Tuesday 31 May as they review The Leopard by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa. Blurb Lampedusa's masterpiece, one of the finest works of twentieth-century fiction, is set amongst an aristocratic family facing social and political changes in the wake of Garibaldi's invasion of Sicily in 1860. At the head of the [...]
Book Club Members were treated to a visit by the author Elizabeth Farrelly who joined us from a rooftop in the incredibly amazing city of Rome! Surprising the attendees, Elizabeth spoke of some interesting elements to the book. She acknowledged it might be a tough read for non-academics and highlighted feedback that she can [...]
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