A Happy New Year to all our readers
We started our year with an absolute winner :-” Mr. Wilder & Me” by Jonothan Coe
(score 7.5 out of 10 !)
The story line of Calista,the heroine,a young half Greek student caught up in an improbable way with the making of the film “Fedora” directed by Billy Wilder was,for us,sidelined by Billy Wilder and the discussion moved away from the book itself to wide ranging chat about the merits of Wilders’ work – However the book is a good read.
Interestingly there had been a month long “Wilder Fest on B B C 4 culminating with “Some Like it Hot” and a wonderful interview with B W at the age of 90 – well worth ” Catch up”.
Greek pastries being beyond my capability the cake was Black Forest Gateau (from Morrisons) being a sort of connection with B W’s Viennese background.
Next months book is “Olive Kitteridge” by Elizabeth Strout
“An extraordinarily rich and detailed portrait of both a marriage and a community”
Mike Andrews
Three Kings Book Group 