March 09

One very funny book and one on a more serious subject this month!

'Naked' by David Sedaris and 'The Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens. 

'Naked' is, according to the blurb on the back, 'A riotous collection of memoirs that explores the absurd hilarity of modern life and creates a wickedly incisive portrait of an all-too-familiar world. It takes Sedaris from his humiliating bout with obsessive behaviour in 'A Plague of Tics' to the title story, where he is finally forced to face his naked self in the company of lunatics.'

'A Tale of Two Cities' is set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution and starts with the famous line 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...'

Next meeting Friday 27th March.

feb 09

Two very contrasting books for this month!

'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga. A first novel and winner of the Man Booker Prize 2008

The story is about Balram Halwai who, over the course of seven nights, tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life. According to one critic 'At first, this novel seems like a straightforward pulled-up-by-your-bootstraps tale, albeit given a dazzling twist by the narrator's sharp and satirical eye for the realities of life for India's poor ... But the narrative draws the reader further in, and darkens, it becomes clear that Adiga is playing a bigger game ...'

'Twighlight' by Stephanie Myer. 'The sexiest vampire tale for years ... about teenage Bella's chaste romance with a beautiful vampire boy'.

Happy Reading!

See you on Friday 27th February. Please e-mail me to let me know you are coming.

Chris

chris@impactproductions.com.au