Book Discussion - Thursday - Nov 1st at 6pm - Freed Montrose Library - THE END OF THE AFFAIR by Graham Greene

[Alice Aman]

Hi everyone -

We are meeting next week on Thursday, Nov 1 at 6pm our usual place,
the Houston Freed Montrose Library to discuss THE END OF THE AFFAIR by
Graham Greene. Will is leading the discussion.

Those of us interested in socializing will be meeting next door at
the Black Lab Restaurant after the discussion (usually starting around
8pm). Everyone is invited.

Also, our election of new book titles is coming up in December.
Anyone who has attended our meetings at least twice may submit titles
for the ballot (limit 2). Please email me the info in advance before
the meeting. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Hope to see you next week.

--Alice

http://www.houstonbookclubs.org/Montrose/

==========Upcoming Readings==============================

Nov 1 - THE END OF THE AFFAIR by Graham Greene [publ 1951] 237 pages
Acclaimed by William Faulkner as "for me one of the best, most true
and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language."
Set in London during and just after World War II, the story of a woman
lost between two men, a husband and a lover, told from the lover's
point of view. The plot is dramatic, the characters unwittingly and
wittingly involved in one of the most common human stories beautifully
and compellingly told. Graham Greene's own affair with Lady Catherine
Walston played into the basis for this novel.
--Will leading discussion

Dec 6 - CAT'S CRADLE: A NOVEL by Kurt Vonnegut [publ 1963] 304 pages
Explores issues of science, technology, and religion, satirizing the
arms race and many other targets along the way. Chilling "end of the
world" classic.
--Alice leading discussion
[Note: election at this meeting - ongoing ballot at:
http://www.houstonbookclubs.org/Montrose/ballots/dec6-2012.html]

Jan 3 - NO MEETING THIS MONTH! [holiday week]
This gives us time to start reading next month's LONG book early!

Feb 7 - ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren [publ 1946] 600 pages
Pulitzer Prize winner. Rated the 36th greatest novel of the 20th
century by Modern Library and one of 100 best novels since 1923 by
TIME magazine. Pronounced by Sinclair Lewis as "one of our few
national galleries of character."
Story traces career of a demagogue - loosely based on Governor Huey
"Kingfish" Long of Louisiana. An idealistic man of the people soon
becomes corrupted by success and is caught between dreams of service
and an insatiable lust for power.
[LONG BOOK CATEGORY - have more time to read if you use extra time from January]
--Marcella leading discussion

Mar 7 - NEUROMANCER by William Gibson [publ 1984] 288 pages
First winner of the science-fiction "triple crown": the Nebula Award,
the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award.
The novel tells the story of a washed-up computer hacker hired by a
mysterious employer to pull off the ultimate hack.
--Wendy leading discussion