The Parcel Yard
The Parcel Yard has become a staple for our book group, we have been meeting here regularly since June 2013. It is a pub deep in the heart of the recently refurbished King’s Cross Station. Ask for Table 59.
The Talented Mr Ripley
Our book choice for November 2012 is The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. LBG selected Highsmith’s first book, Strangers on a Train for Christmas 2010 and enjoyed her prose, even if the ending disappointed the group. In the first book of the Ripley series, Tom is a 23-year-old living in New York. He comes from a fairly disadvantaged background,
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The Grapes of Wrath
Our book choice for October 2012 is The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. it tells the story of the Joad family, a poor tenant farming family from Oklahoma, as they are forced to leave their home during the Great Depression and migrate to California in search of work. The novel is set during the Dust Bowl, a period of
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New Names in Man Booker Prize Shortlist
In the wake of the furore surrounding the 2011 Man Booker Prize, we were curious to see how the panel would respond: would it play safe and select well-known names? Or bravely explore new authors?
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Oedipus the King
Our book choice for September 2012 is Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Oedipus, king of Thebes, is confronted with the problem of plague in the city.
Top 20 Books to Argue About
There’s nothing that gets a good book group discussion going than fundamental and passionate disagreement, and apparently Stylist Magazine has compiled a list of the Top 20 books that seem to get our juices going, one way or the other.
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Is Apple the New Orange?
According to reports, Apple is considering replacing the former mobile operator Orange as the key sponsor of the prestigous Orange Prize for Fiction recognising novels written by women.
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Literary Cupcakes: A Tale of Deliciousness
What an amazing and adorable find, check out the cupcakes on offer from Victoria’s Kitchen. We’ve read one of the titles (Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones) which feature among the cupcakes created for a customer’s 60th birthday.
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Curious Incident Adapted as Stage Play
One of the books read by LBG in 2004 has been adapted for the stage and is in the middle of a succesful London run.
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The Night Watch
Our book choice for August 2012 is The Night Watch by Sarah Waters. The novel, which is told backward through third-person narrative, takes place in 1940s London during and after World War II. Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked out streets, illicit liaisons, sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch is compelling.
