The Dublin Book Club Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

Hi there,
Here are the books for the November 17th meetup. And remember, you don't have to read both books! Enjoy, and see you on the 17th of November!

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LOCATION HAS MOVED FROM THE BLEEDING HORSE TO JIMMY RABBITTE AT 87 LOWER CAMDEN STREET.

Note: If these books are difficult to find in bookshops, try online (e.g.: Amazon.co.uk, kennys.ie, easons.com, bookdepository.com to name a few).

AS THIS GROUP DOES NOT TAKE ONLINE PAYMENTS, EVERYONE WILL SHOW AS 'UNPAID'. PLEASE IGNORE.

1. Tell me who I am - Julia Navarro
A journalist is tasked with investigating the life of his great-grandmother, Amelia Garayoa. All that is known about her is that she fled Madrid shortly before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, abandoning her husband and son.
To rescue her from oblivion, he will have to put together all the pieces of the extraordinary puzzle of her life, one by one, which will take him to Paris, London, Cairo, Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow, Athens... A riveting novel featuring characters whose lives paint a magni‑ cent portrait of the history of the twentieth century.
A captivating story filled with tension and drama that represents an exciting new direction in the literary career of one of Spain's most international authors.

2. Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
Through the hostile landscape of the Texas–Mexico border wanders the Kid, a fourteen year-old Tennessean who is quickly swept up in the relentless tide of blood. A group known as the Glanton gang hunt Indigenous Americans, collecting scalps as their bloody trophies. At the centre of this violence stands Judge Holden: a massive, hairless man, mysterious if not supernatural, erudite and cold-blooded. He is singularly extreme in his sadistic violence. But the apparent chaos is not without order – the Glanton gang, too, are stalked as prey.

Séamus