Noon In Paris, Eight In Chicago by Douglas Cowie Told with a dry wit that enhances, rather than disguises, the sadness of its story, it is a touching miniature of an ordinary life irrevocably altered by the larger forces of history. In a matter of months Germany will annex Austria and the storm that has been threatening to engulf the little tobacconist will descend, leaving the lives of Franz, Otto and Professor Freud irredeemably changed. Among the regulars is a Professor Freud, whose predilection for cigars and occasional willingness to dispense romantic advice will forge a bond between him and young Franz. In his role as an apprentice to the elderly tobacconist Otto Trsnyek, he will soon be supplying the great and good of Vienna with their newspapers and cigarettes. When 17-year-old Franz exchanges his home in the idyllic beauty of the Austrian lake district for the bustle of Vienna, his homesickness quickly dissolves amidst the thrum of the city. Perhaps you’ll find your next reading group pick among them! With that in mind, here are some of our hidden treasures. Lots of people want to know if Eleanor Oliphant is indeed completely fine or who really killed the Hadler family in Jane Harper’s debut The Dry, but some books need a little more help.
With over two hundred titles to choose from in our collection, some of our books don’t fly off the shelves as often as the latest Kate Atkinson or Ian McEwan. Sometimes that’s a good thing, sometimes not, but sometimes the best discussions happen when a group didn’t like a book! A satirical, darkly comic novel, The Excursionist is about the entire travel experience and why we do it.One of the great things about being part of a reading group is that you may read a book you might not ordinarily pick up. He soon discovers that the more of the world he sees, the less he understands. Travelling alone for the first time following the death of his partner, Kay, he flies to the Coronation Islands, fumbling around in dreamily faraway places in order to tick off his last three countries. There is just one problem: Jack's enthusiasm for travel is matched only by his unsuitability to do so. Newly single Jack Kaganagh longs to visit one hundred countries and the join the Travelers' Century Club before his landmark birthday. The anti-Eat Pray Love - A darkly satirical comic novel about travel, the need to visit as much of the planet as possible and the pressure to have meaningful experiences when you get there.Ī brilliant book for anyone who loves to or wants to travel, The Excursionist is both a look at the drive to visit new places and a reminder that wherever you go you take yourself with you.
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