5:30-7:00pm in Meeting Room #4
Next up: Friday, September 18th - "Skippy Dies" by Paul Murray
Portland, Maine - Portland Public Library hosts the Friday Night Book Club on Friday, September 18, in Meeting Room #4 at the Main Library. We'll be discussing the novel "Skippy Dies," by Paul Murray. Friday Night Book Club is for those interested in reading and discussing contemporary fiction written or translated within the last twenty years. Discussions are led by library staff members, start at 5:45 pm, and generally go until 7:00 pm. Light refreshments provided.
About the book
Why does Skippy, a fourteen-year-old boy at Dublin's venerable Seabrook College, end up dead on the floor of the local doughnut shop? Could it have something to do with his friend Ruprecht Van Doren, a genius who is determined to open a portal into a parallel universe using ten-dimensional string theory? Could it involve Carl, the teenage drug dealer and borderline psychotic who is Skippy's rival in love? Or could "the Automator"--the ruthless, smooth-talking headmaster intent on modernizing the school--have something to hide? Why Skippy dies and what happens next is the subject of this dazzling and uproarious novel, unraveling a mystery that links the boys of Seabrook College to their parents and teachers in ways nobody could have imagined.
New members are always welcome! Please email hartsig@portlandpubliclibrary.org or call the Reader’s Advisory desk at 871-1700, ext. 705, if you have any questions about the group. This program is free and registration is preferred.
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