Umbrella
There was a huge turnout to discuss The Stranger’s Child. I don’t think anyone loved it, but it led to plenty of interesting discussion.
The book for next time is Umbrella by Will Self.
It’s only out in hardback at the moment, but there are some cheap deals about and it’s also on Kindle.
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Other nominations were:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – Ron Hansen The Prestige – Christopher Priest Mariette in Ecstasy – Ron Hansen The Night Watch – Sarah Waters The Castle of Crossed Destinies – Italo Calvino Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
We’re meeting in Mango Landin at 7.30 on October 11th.