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Friday 1st June 2007
Guest - Resham Naqvi, Contracts Executive for Faber & Faber
Prizes Sponsored by Faber & Faber
 Pig Tales by Marie Darrieusecq  Winner: Nick Sumner
 Lord of the Flies by William Golding Winner: Nick Sumner
 Children of Men - PD James  Winner: Rebecca Owen
 Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre
 Observations - Jane Harris (New release)
 Resistance - Owen S (New release)

Book titles covered-

Poisonwood Bible- Barbara Kingsolver 
Children of Men - PD James
New York Trilogy - Paul Auster
Kite Runner - Khalid Hosseini

Competition Questions

1) What does the PD stand for in PD James?
a) Phyllis Dorothy James

2) What is the title of the book in which the main character metamorphoses into a pig?
a) Pig Tales

3) In DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little, name the boy,Vernon's best friend, who kills 15 of
his classmates and then kills himself?
a) Since we had no entries for this question, I'm not going to give away the answer just yet



Written by Muthamma Prasad
Posted in Book Club
3 Jun 2007



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