The Soldier’s Return by Melvyn Bragg – August 2011

The book group met on the 16^th August.   We discussed A Soldier’s Return by Melvyn Bragg.   We have become a confident group willing to advance our literary criticism. This was not an easy read, but then books about war or the aftermath of war are rarely enjoyable. We discussed and amiably disagreed about war and gender. Then we agreed with each other’s insights on classical referencing within the text. 

The next book group is on Tuesday 20^th September 2011. As usual we will meet at The Drum and Monkey around 7.30pm.

We are going to discuss ‘Westwood’ By Stella Gibbon. Gibbon is famously remembered for ‘Cold Comfort Farm’. However she wrote 20 other novels and was also a poet. Westwood has recently been republished after being out of print for many years. 

 We thought we would give it an airing at the book group.