Books for 2009
The long-established Open2 book club enters its sixth year. You can either join us with the current choice, or respark debate on one of our previous titles. Pick up, read, join in.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
One wrong turn changes Sherman McCoy’s life forever in Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire Of the Vanities.
Worth the wait
Three novels in thirty years is a sedate pace for an author, particularly in the face of widespread acclaim. Meet Marilynne Robinson and her award-winning Home.
The Clothes on Their Backs
A story of hidden pasts and dark choices, revealed as Vivien, daughter of Jewish immigrants, learns about her reviled uncle: The Clothes on Their Backs.
Sea of Poppies
Our book of the month for August 2009 is a ripping yarn by Amitav Ghosh, set against the background of the first Opium War in 1838, Sea of Poppies.
The best part
Australian prisoner, Jasper Dean, is on a quest to find his true identity in our July 2009 book club choice by Steve Tolz, A Fraction of the Whole.
A worthy winner?
Aravind Adiga won the 2008 Man Booker Prize with his tale of a schoolboy from the slums of India: The White Tiger.
Flawed, but brilliant?
Sebastian Barry unpacks Ireland’s history through the diary of Roseanne McNulty, a patient at a mental hospital. Open up The Secret Scripture.
Moving story
Take a step back into Thatcher’s Britain with Philip Hensher's moving saga The Northern Clemency.
Explore the mind
Sebastian Faulks explores the interplay of sciences evolutionary and psychological in Human Traces.
The story behind the theory
A life as fascinating as the science. Find out why as we read Darwin: The Life Of A Tormented Evolutionist.
Out of Neasden
Join us reading Diana Evans debut novel, a tale of twins heading for a tragic end: 26a.
Content last updated: 05/01/2009
