What The Dickens Book Club

This has been on my TBR pile a while. I've always noted how often Nabokov features on lists produced by writers themselves as one of the greatest novelists of all time. But best known for the highly controversial Lolita its hard for many of us to move past the subject matter. So I would love to give this a try.
Good Reads:
The American poet John Shade is dead. His last poem, 'Pale Fire', is put into a book, together with a preface, a lengthy commentary and notes by Shade's editor, Charles Kinbote. Known on campus as the 'Great Beaver', Kinbote is haughty, inquisitive, intolerant, but is he also mad, bad - and even dangerous? As his wildly eccentric annotations slide into the personal and the fantastical, Kinbote reveals perhaps more than he should be.

Nabokov's darkly witty, richly inventive masterpiece is a suspenseful whodunit, a story of one-upmanship and dubious penmanship, and a glorious literary conundrum

Rachel Kushner’s book, long listed for the Booker is about espionage and eco-terrorism in modern Europe. Here’s a great review from the New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/books/review/creation-lake-rachel-kushner.html

For the last meeting for the year I thought a Friday get together at mine would mean a few more could attend and not be worried about time. I think you all know where I am. But any newcomers are very welcome. Please get in touch if you have any questionsRachel Kushner’s book, long listed for the Booker is about espionage and eco-terrorism in modern Europe. Here’s a great review from the New York Times.

For the last meeting for the year I thought a Friday get together at mine would mean a few more could attend and not be worried about time. I think you all know where I am. But any newcomers are very welcome. Please get in touch if you have any questins. I’ll provide some drinks and snacks but feel freeRachel Kushner’s book, long listed for the Booker is about espionage and eco-terrorism in modern Europe. Here’s a great review from the New York Times.

For the last meeting for the year I thought a Friday get together at mine would mean a few more could attend and not be worried about time. I think you all know where I am. But any newcomers are very welcome. Please get in touch if you have any questionsRachel Kushner’s book, long listed for the Booker is about espionage and eco-terrorism in modern Europe. Here’s a great review from the New York Times.

For the last meeting for the year I thought a Friday get together at mine would mean a few more could attend and not be worried about time. I think you all know where I am. But any newcomers are very welcome. Please get in touch if you have any questins. I’ll provide some drinks and snacks but feel fre to bring whatever you likeRachel Kushner’s book, long listed for the Booker is about espionage and eco-terrorism in modern Europe. Here’s a great review from the New York Times.

For the last meeting for the year I thought a Friday get together at mine would mean a few more could attend and not be worried about time. I think you all know where I am. But any newcomers are very welcome. Please get in touch if you have any questionsRachel Kushner’s book, long listed for the Booker is about espionage and eco-terrorism in modern Europe. Here’s a great review from the New York Times.

For the last meeting for the year I thought a Friday get together at mine would mean a few more could attend and not be worried about time. I think you all know where I am. But any newcomers are very welcome. Please get in touch if you have any questins. I’ll provide some drinks and snacks but feel freeRachel Kushner’s book, long listed for the Booker is about espionage and eco-terrorism in modern Europe. Here’s a great review from the New York Times.

For the last meeting for the year I thought a Friday get together at mine would mean a few more could attend and not be worried about time. I think you all know where I am. But any newcomers are very welcome. Please get in touch if you have any questionsRachel Kushner’s book, long listed for the Booker is about espionage and eco-terrorism in modern Europe. Here’s a great review from the New York Times.

For the last meeting for the year I thought a Friday get together at mine would mean a few more could attend and not be worried about time. I think you all know where I am. But any newcomers are very welcome. Please get in touch if you have any questins. I’ll provide some drinks and snacks but feel fre to bring whatever you like.

A get together to have an informal celebration of another year of books movies and art. We’ve done this a coupleA get together to have an informal celebration of another year of books movies and art. We’ve done this a coupe of years now, BYO, drinks and nibbles.
If you would like to participate, bring a wrapped book to add to a pile. It can (should) be 2nd had or a charity shop find, just make it something you loved and would like to encourage someone else to read.
Would be lovely to see you all there. Members of this club, Bill’s Real Movies, Grace’s Pseudos, Flick’s Art groups all welcome.

Often cited as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, Kafka’s 2 greatest stories have been an inspiration for writers focussing on the struggles of the individual against modern society.