On what must have been the smallest gathering on record for book club, the four of us not knocked out by airline schedules or sickness gathered on a suitably cold and rainy night to discuss Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Luis Zafon, a romantic page turning romp/thriller set in post Spanish civil war Barcelona. Naomi, Julia (this was her 2nd read of it) and Sarah loved the narrative voice, high drama, nostalgic descriptions of Barcelona in all seasons, and the Dickensian characters/caricatures who made up the cast. Georgie loathed it for it's clumsy language, I-want-to-be-a-film plot, and absurd characterisations.
Happy in dissent (how boring agreement would have been!) we argued our way through fish pie and apple crumble, and raised a toast to absent friends....see you all next time.
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