We are seven handsome and charming* guys who meet at a different restaurant every month or so, having read a book in common, and discuss whatever we want--generally the assigned book, but usually many other timely topics as well. We rotate the responsibility to suggest titles, but the group has the final say. Our book club rules: 1) Anything goes, fiction or nonfiction; 2) paperbacks are preferred; and 3) staying under 300 pages is desirable (N.B., we violate this one all the time). We rate all books and restaurants on a 5-point scale.

* All other adjectives were vetoed.

April 29, 2004

With Old Breed by Eugene Sledge (Reds)

We met at Reds in the Foshay Tower, a rather expensive but very good restaurant. Most of us found With the Old Breed to be a moving, stunning account of a young man's experience in war. Subsequently, I found that Studs Turkel did an interesting interview with the author, Eugene Sledge. The next book is Ian McEwan's Atonement, and the meeting date is May 10. Phil suggests the next book.
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