Book Club

The Latest Selection:

Before I Go To Sleep by S.J Watson

Before I Go To Sleep

W.B.C Reads & Reviews:

The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje

W.B.C Rating: 6.5/10

Synopsis:

In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes, he is seated at the lowly Cat's Table with an eccentric and fascinating group of adults and two other boys, Ramadhin and Cassius. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, and into the Mediterranean, the boys are drawn into the worlds and stories of those around them, tumbling from one adventure and delicious discovery to another. And later, in the darkness, they are transfixed by the night walks of a shackled prisoner- his crime and fate a galvanizing mystery that will haunt them forever.

As the story moves from the decks and holds of the ship to the narrator's adult years, it unravels a spellbinding tale about the often forbidden discoveries of childhood and the burdens of earned understanding, about a life-long journey that began unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage. The Cat's Table is a thirlling, deeply moving, coming of age novel written by a novelist at the height of his powers.

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Around Halifax - Article: Gearing Up For The Giller

Join a panel of Halifamous readers as they argue for their pick from this year's Giller short list. Special guest Don Connolly of CBC's Information Morning; Poet Laureate Tanya Davis; author Sue Goyette; executive director of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia Nate Crawford; and Mike Hamm of the independent bookstore Bookmark will defend their choices. The Scotiabank Giller Prize will be announced on November 8th.

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