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.

February 10, 2023

Kazuo Ishiguro Klara and the Sun (Cecil's Deli)

As predicted, only two of us were available for a meeting, but we made the most of it over lunch at the ever popular Cecil's Deli.  Ishiguro's book is easy to take in but a little hard to analyze.  Is it a book about love? What it means to be human? Or simply a science fiction tale about AI in the not too distant future?  It's probably about all those things, and more.  A joy to read, Ishiguro addresses big themes by telling small, personal stories.  

Our next book is Stacey Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, the hard-line rebel of the American Revolution.  Our meeting is TBA, but sometime late in March.  Roger will bring ideas for the following book.

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