Category: Psychological
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy Considered Agatha Christie’s masterpiece, this whodunnit is set on an island where the invitees of a party must work out who is killing off the guests. ♥ “An interesting assortment of strangers are summoned as weekend guests to… Continue Reading “And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie”
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Nearing her 100th birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital, where she’s spent the best part of her adult life, prepares for closure. ♥ “Set in an Ireland besieged by conflict, The Secret Scripture is… Continue Reading “The Secret Scripture – Sebastian Barry”
Category: Booker Prize, Cultural, Faith & Religion, Female Experience, Historical Fiction, Irish, Literary fiction, Psychological, UK author, Unreliable NarratorTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2008
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Born in the dark heart of India, the protagonist Balram gets a break when he is hired as a driver for his village’s wealthiest man. From behind the wheel of their Honda City, Balram observes his employers bribe foreign ministers, barter… Continue Reading “The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga”
Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, Cultural, Epistolary fiction, Indian fiction, Literary fiction, Political, Psychological, Satire, Unreliable NarratorTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2008
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Vivien Kovacs is on a search to reveal the truth to the secrets kept from her by her timid Hungarian refugee parents ♥ “Two Jewish brothers are at the heart of this novel. One escapes Hungary prior to the war, marries… Continue Reading “The Clothes On Their Backs – Linda Grant”
Category: Booker Prize, Coming of Age, Cultural, Family drama, Female Experience, Historical Fiction, Holocaust fiction, Immigrant story, Literary fiction, Psychological, UK authorTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2008
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine A brooding tale of passion and revenge set in the Yorkshire moors ♥ Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel details the arrival at Wuthering Heights of a man named Heathcliffe and the close bond he forms with his benefactor’s daughter,… Continue Reading “Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte”
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel In 1904 lepidopterist Thomas Edgar arrives home to England from a collecting expedition in the Amazon. He is emaciated and cannot or will not speak. As his wife wonders what has happened, the book takes us back to the… Continue Reading “The Sound of Butterflies – Rachael King”
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy Considered the original non-fiction novel, In Cold Blood details the 1959 murders of Kansas farmer Herbert Clutter and his family who were found bound and shot in their home. Capote follows the search for the killers, as they travel… Continue Reading “In Cold Blood – Truman Capote”
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine This novel discusses who should be loved, and how. And how much. It describes how small things affect people’s behaviour and lives ♥ “The God of Small Things details the lives of fraternal twins Rahel and her brother… Continue Reading “The God Of Small Things – Arundhati Roy”
Category: Banned/controversial books, Booker Prize, Coming of Age, Cultural, Family drama, Female Experience, Feminism, Indian fiction, Literary fiction, Political, PsychologicalTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2008
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy D.H. Lawrence wrote Lady Chatterley’s Lover in 1920 amidst much controversy over its content, mainly an upper class woman’s affair with her gardener in order to give her war-paralysed husband an heir. This type of love and passion… Continue Reading “Lady Chatterley’s Lover – D H Lawrence”
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine In a dystopian future a child is snatched during a routine supermarket visit. ♥ “Stephen Lewis takes his three-year-old daughter to the supermarket one morning. He turns his back for just moments and she is gone. When she… Continue Reading “The Child In Time – Ian McEwan”
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