July Book Choices

Good evening Book Club,

Our next meeting will be held on Monday, July 16, 2012 at 7:00 pm. Our
book theme for the month of July is humor/ satire. There are so many
great books that fall into this category; however it is often
difficult to find a sufficient number of copies for any one title.
After narrowing the (large!) list of books to only those with more
than 8 available copies, I was left with 3. Some of these books are by
authors this club has read in the past or have been offered before and
not chosen.
Here they are in no particular order:

Fool by Christopher Moore

A man of infinite jest, Pocket has been Lear's cherished fool for
years, from the time the king's grown daughters - selfish, scheming
Goneril, sadistic but hot Regan, and sweet, loyal Cordelia - were mere
girls. So he can see trouble brewing when Lear demands that his kids
swear their undying love and devotion before a collection of assembled
guests. Of course Goneril and Regan are only too happy to brownnose
Dad. But Cordelia's blunt honesty ends up costing her her rightful
share of the kingdom and earns her a banishment to boot. The only
person who can possibly make things right is Pocket, who has already
managed to sidestep catastrophe on numerous occasions, using his razor-
sharp mind, rapier wit and the equally well-honed daggers he keeps
conveniently hidden behind his back. He's going to have to do some
very fancy maneuvering - cast some spells, incite a few
assassinations, start a war or two (the usual stuff) - and shag every
lusciously shaggable wench who's amenable along the way. Pocket may be
a fool ...but he's definitely not an idiot.

Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart

In the near future, America is crushed by a financial crisis and our
patient Chinese creditors may just be ready to foreclose on the whole
mess. Then Lenny Abramov, son of an Russian immigrant janitor and
ardent fan of "printed, bound media artifacts" (aka books), meets
Eunice Park, an impossibly cute Korean American woman with a major in
Images and a minor in Assertiveness. Could falling in love redeem a
planet falling apart?

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
From The New Yorker

In this darkly comic début novel set in India, Balram, a chauffeur,
murders his employer, justifying his crime as the act of a "social
entrepreneur." In a series of letters to the Premier of China, in
anticipation of the leader's upcoming visit to Balram's homeland, the
chauffeur recounts his transformation from an honest, hardworking boy
growing up in "the Darkness"—those areas of rural India where
education and electricity are equally scarce, and where villagers
banter about local elections "like eunuchs discussing the Kama Sutra"—
to a determined killer. He places the blame for his rage squarely on
the avarice of the Indian élite, among whom bribes are commonplace,
and who perpetuate a system in which many are sacrificed to the whims
of a few. Adiga's message isn't subtle or novel, but Balram's
appealingly sardonic voice and acute observations of the social order
are both winning and unsettling.

Please send a message with your top choice by 8:00 pm on Wednesday
(6/20) so I can begin putting holds on the items for the club.

Thanks!
Elsbeth

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