Turning Pages: A Contemporary Book Group

About this event

Explore classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction from around the world. This group will sample critically acclaimed and prize-winning titles with open and inclusive discussion.

This month's read: Venetian Vespers, by John Banville. In 1900, a middle class man marries an heiress, but her father dies suddenly and she is disinherited. In Venice, he's disoriented by language and mistrust, and when his wife disappears he is at a loss. At the same time he is beguiled by an English brother and sister. and finding his wife loses its importance. Banville is an expert at creating an unsettling atmosphere that builds to a wholly unexpected climax over a period of a few short days.