There was a small turnout on a cold night to discuss Where Eagles Dare by Alistair McLean. While I think that it's probably the most straightforward book that we've tackled – there's not much to discover with characters' motivations or any underlying subtext – I was surprised at how much we were able to talk about. While the writing was corny in parts, the way that women were introduced into the story was pathetic and sometimes the writing was just mechanical description, there were genuinely exciting passages and the twists and turns in the plot kept the story from getting too stale.
I had bought along a copy of the film that I thought we could play on one of the TV's in the pub, we stayed inside next to the fire and just chatted while coverage of the Americas Cup played.
Our next book is The Green Road by Anne Enright, which has won several awards and she herself is a Booker award winner.
The next natural book club evening falls in the holidays so I expect there'll be an extraordinary meeting then and we'll reconvene to discuss The Green Road in August and The All Nations.
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