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.

December 21, 2017

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Copper Hen)

One of our best nights ever: high marks for both book and restaurant.  Plus lots of conversation about politics and the harassment issue that has been dominating the news.  The only grumbling about the book, which everyone agreed was a well-written masterpiece, was that the character of the butler seemed more of a caricature than a real person.

The next book is Sam Shepard's Cruising Paradise.  Other suggestions were J. D. Salinger's 9 Stories and Matthew Desmond's Evicted.  We will meet on January 24; Paul will suggest the next book.

Other books we have been reading: Alistair MacLeod, Island; Amy Goldstein, Janesville: An American Story; John Le Carre, The Pigeon Tunnel; Nicholas Stargardt, The German War; Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle; Daniel Mendelsohn, An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic.
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