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For Consideration
Martyr! (Kaveh Akbar) Published 2024 Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss. His mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the midwest.…
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Order of Book Choice
Order for choosing the next book: 1 Brendan – Diary of a Country Priest 2 Bridget – How to Build a Boat 3 Catherine – Trust 4 Eric – Love 5 Gloria – 6 Juliana – 7 Liz – 8 Paul – Lessons in Chemistry 9 Tim – A Month in the Country & Small…
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Next meeting
Thursday 11 April at 13.00 hrsLiz and Eric @ Coornishal
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Completed
Disgrace (J.M. Coetzee) About Schmidt (Louis Begley) Music and Silence (Rose Tremain) The Story of Lucy Gault (William Trevor) The Kellys and the O’Kellys (Anthony Trollope) The English Teacher (R.K. Narayan) The Hours (Michael Cunningham) The Curious Incident of the Dog (Mark Haddon) The Master and Margarita (Bulgakov) The Poor Mouth (Flann O’Brien) The Man…
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To Be Read
*Next book to be read*Love (Roddy Doyle)How to Build a Boat (Elaine Feeney) Love (Roddy Doyle) [Oct 2023] First published 2020The action takes place in Dublin, mostly in a pub, where two friends, Joe and Davy, have reconnected for a night of drinking. How to Build a Boat (Elaine Feeney) [Dec 2023] First published 2023This…