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Adult Book
Discussion Group
2011-2012
Second Thursday of the Month
6:30 - 8 p.m.
| September 8 |
Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold (Historical Fiction) (Only session in
Program Room 2) |
| October 13 |
The Troubled Man: a Kurt Wallender Novel by Henning Mankell (Fiction) |
| November 10 |
Arabian Nights and Days by Naguib Mahfouz (Islamic Fiction) |
| December 8 |
Lost Lady by Willa Cather (Classic) |
| January 12 |
Everyman by Philip Roth (Literary Fiction) |
| February 9 |
The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells (Fiction) |
| March 8 |
The God of Small Things by Arundhati (Psychological Fiction) |
| April 12 |
Dead Aid, Why Aid is not Working (Africa) by Dambisa Moyo (Political) |
| May 10 |
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (Classic) |
| June 14 |
Skeletons of the Feast by Chris Bohjalian (World War II) (Fiction) |
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Also recommended : Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder (Biography) and Sophia Tolstoy
by Alexandra Popoff (Historical Biography)
Mystery Series
2011-20012
Second Monday of the month
12 noon - 1:30 p.m.
Carole Shmurak is the
book discussion leader. She is Professor Emeritus at Central Connecticut
State
University and the author of ten books, including two Susan Lombardi
mysteries, Deadmistress and Death by Committee. As Carroll
Thomas, she is the co-author of the Matty Trescott series, one of which (Ring
Out Wild Bells) was nominated for the Agatha for best young adult
mystery of 2001. She has just finished her third Susan Lombardi mystery,
Death at Hilliard High (due out in 2009).
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Fall 2011: "Let's Kill All the Lawyers"
"The
first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" is one of the
few memorable lines from Shakespeare's Henry the Sixth, Part 2,
uttered by Dick the butcher, a character no one remembers. In this
series, we won't kill any lawyers, but we'll meet a few of them who
act as detectives in some highly regarded series.
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September 12 |
Death at Charity's Point (1984) by William Tapply |
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October 10 |
Open and Shut (2002) by David Rosenfelt |
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November 14 |
The Lincoln Lawyer (2005) by Michael Connelly |
December
(snow date: Tues., Dec. 13) |
Solomon vs. Lord (2005) by Paul Levine |
Spring 2012: Murder in Gotham
"Gotham" as a term for New York City was coined by
Washington Irving in 1807, based on the legends of the English
village of Gotham, whose inhabitants were known for their folly.
Though they don't go back quite as far as 1807, these are some
classic mysteries about New Yorkers and their sometimes criminal
"follies." |
January 9
(snow date: Tues., Jan. 10) |
The League of Frightened Men (1935) by Rex Stout |
February 13
(snow date: Tues., Feb. 14) |
A Stitch in Time (1968) by Emma Lathen |
March 12
(snow date: Tues., March 13) |
Sadie When She Died (1972) by Ed McBain |
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April 9 |
The Theban Mysteries (1972) by Amanda Cross |
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May 14 |
The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling (1979) by Lawrence
Block |
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