Everyone thought the restaurant was above average, although noisy. Our conversation touched on the fallout from the election and recent travel adventures to Turkey and India, but focused mainly on the book. The consensus was basically positive about the author's account of Gettysburg, which was enlightening and breezy. But some of us found technical flaws and dialogue that was sometimes stilted and preachy and sometimes anachronistic.
Paul couldn't make the dinner, but by cellphone did suggest a few titles for next time, including The Photographer: Into Wartorn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders by Guibert, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Bayard, and Losing It by Miller. The group, however, decided to go back to a book suggested earlier, To End All Wars by Adam Hochschild. Paul will have another chance to please the group with his scintillating titles next time. We'll meet on Wednesday, January 30 [the date has been changed to Tuesday, February 5]. Phil is on deck for the following month.
