The Free-Range Bookclub
Bookclubbers without boundaries in Nelson, New Zealand
Category: UK author
Under The Net – Iris Murdoch
Posted on April 24, 2012 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jo A 1954 book about struggling writer Jake Donaghue sponging off his friends and hunting for a missing manuscript. The Hospital was deserted, yet strangely alive. I could hear it purring and murmuring like a sleeping beast, and even… Continue Reading “Under The Net – Iris Murdoch”
Category: Classic literature, UK author
The Pregnant Widow – Martin Amis
Posted on November 2, 2011 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel The setting for The Pregnant Widow is a pastoral Italian castle in a hot dry summer. Here, beautiful young people are draped around the pool, smoking cigarettes, drinking wine, discussing literature, sex and freedoms. It is 1970, the start of… Continue Reading “The Pregnant Widow – Martin Amis”
Category: Feminism, Historical Fiction, UK author
The Sea, The Sea – Iris Murdoch
Posted on February 2, 2010 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy Charles Arrowby retires to the seaside to write his memoirs but is constantly under visitation by ex-lovers and friends ☁ “Published in 1978, The Sea, The Sea is the story of an eventful summer late in the life… Continue Reading “The Sea, The Sea – Iris Murdoch”
Category: Literary fiction, UK author
Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel
Posted on September 27, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON A fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII. ❚ “Wolf Hall is primarily about Thomas Cromwell who in real life was a disliked man who worked for King Henry. He orchestrated… Continue Reading “Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel”
Category: Historical Fiction, UK author
The Quickening Maze – Adam Foulds
Posted on September 20, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON The true story of poet John Clare’s incarceration in London’s Epping Forest, a mental asylum run on the reformist principles of occupational therapy. Lord Alfred Tennyson had his brother treated there and the book bases its storyline on the speculation of… Continue Reading “The Quickening Maze – Adam Foulds”
Category: Literary fiction, UK author
The Children’s Book – A S Byatt
Posted on September 15, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Loosely based on the life of E Nesbit, The Children’s Book follows the lives of several inter-related families from 1895 through WWI. ❚ “The Wellwood family consists of Olive, Humphrey, Olive’s sister Violet, and many children. They are Fabians, living in… Continue Reading “The Children’s Book – A S Byatt”
Category: Booker Prize, Coming of Age, Literary fiction, UK author, War story
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
Posted on August 4, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy A coming of age novel where a young man, Pip, has an anonymous benefactor who sponsors him in to becoming a gentleman ❚ “ Great Expectations is a story of a young man who wants more than what… Continue Reading “Great Expectations – Charles Dickens”
Category: Classic literature, UK author
The Buddha of Suburbia – Hanif Kureishi
Posted on March 17, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel The Buddha of Suburbia is a satirical coming-of-age story that deals with class, race, and identity. Haroon, is a first generation immigrant who begins a relationship with a woman named Eva who shares his interest in Buddhism. Eva encourages… Continue Reading “The Buddha of Suburbia – Hanif Kureishi”
Category: Contemporary fiction, Satire, UK author
Tess Of The D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
Posted on February 24, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Ros In this 1891 book, a poor young woman discovers she may be descended from nobility and goes in search of a better life ❚ “Tess Durbeyfield is a complex character considered by some a hopeless victim and by… Continue Reading “Tess Of The D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy”
Category: Classic literature, UK author
And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie
Posted on November 4, 2008 by thefreerangebookclub
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”
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