Book Club: Reading the World, One Novel at a Time. Nov 2025 meeting

From Amazon summary: In the darkening embers of a Communist utopia, life in a desolate Hungarian town has come to a virtual standstill. Flies buzz, spiders weave, water drips and animals root desultorily in the barnyard of a collective farm.
But when the charismatic Irimias - long-thought dead - returns, the villagers fall under his spell. Irimias sets about swindling the villagers out of a fortune that might allow them to escape the emptiness and futility of their existence. He soon attains a messianic aura as he plays on the fears of the townsfolk and a series of increasingly brutal events unfold.

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We seek to introduce our members to fine writers from all over the globe. Each month we read a novel from a different country, and meet in a lovely tea house to discuss the book. Most of the discussion is in Eng, but all members of the group understand Cast, and most Cat; so no prohibition against making a point that you want to make if you feel more comfortable doing so in another language. At least 2/3 of our writers are women. We do not have strict rules, we understand that people have jobs and families and other committments. If you have not finished the book, no problem, come along anyway. (Although discusion will not be limited to avoid spoinlers). Our members are from many different countries, and we run a fully inclusive bookclub.

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