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The Book Club

Maxim Februari author Paul Vincent translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Quercus Publishing

Published:6th Jan '11

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Thirty-year-old Theresa Pellikaan is typical of the wealthy middle classes - with her respectable background, successful husband and house in an apparently sleepy, yet powerful, rich village. She works in a gallery, also typical of her type. When her former schoolmate Ruth Ackermann, brought up in the same village, makes waves with an international bestseller, but none of the villagers ever mention her achievement, not even the literary circle of Theresa's father, famous civil rights scholar Randolf Pellikaan, Theresa begins to wonder why. It can't only be because it's not 'literature'. It emerges that there is a dark secret in the village. Every member of the book club has a reason to keep quiet and Ruth Ackerman's novel threatens to bring the past into the present, with devastating results. Unable to cope with the silence, Theresa investigates, no matter the consequences.

'The thinking book groups' Book of the Year' Bookgroup.info. * Bookgroupinfo *
'An extremely enjoyable book. Despite the seriousness of the subject, it is light in tone, refined in its humour' De Volkskrant. * De Volkskrant *

ISBN: 9780857381323

Dimensions: 203mm x 151mm x 19mm

Weight: 228g

224 pages