The Prophet Song

 

In March, we read Paul Lynch's Booker Prize winning novel, The Prophet Song.  This was a dystopian novel that was inspired by the Syrian refugee experience.  The novel is set in Ireland and from the start, things go from troublesome to trouble to tragedy.  Members of our bookclub thought it was an important work, however, so tough to hang with it through all the hopelessness.  There was little hope left at the end and we all felt the themes of being torn about when to recognized the time to leave and weigh the cost of leaving one's home. Hard read, but important work.

in April we will read Great Expectations: A Novel by Vinson Cunningham.  Our new member Jeffrey suggested this novel.  We will meet at Alan's at 5:30 on May 1st.