7.30 pm on 6th June saw eight members meet at our favourite watering hole to discuss and analyse “The Third Policeman” by Flann O’Brien.
Numbers were slightly down due to :-
“Podiatry in Penzance”
“Perambulations in Pembrokeshire”
“I havn’t read the book”
But we now have two new mwmbers – Jane and Dave.
The book in question proved to be a challenge and at one stage was compared to “Puckoon” by spike Milligan,James Joyce’ Ulysses or a Franz Kafka novel but with laughs
The quirky storyline and the language pulled people along – was the star of the show the bicycle,the murderer or the policeman ?
The score achieved 6.2 out of 10 – we expected better – one of the low scorers had the error of his ways pointed out and was induced to reconsider – which helped.
Despite being offered an Irish tea loaf recipe this month’s patissiere made Nigella Lawson’s guinness and chocolate cake – good looking and delicious.
If anybody would like to read the book please contact your correspondent on 310352
Next months choice is “Diary of a Bookseller” by Shaun Bythell
Three Kings Book Group 