Book Group II – A.L. Kennedy, Day
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Title: Book Group II – A.L. Kennedy, Day
Location: The Edinburgh Bookshop
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Description: Following a discussion about how the genre and age of an author may sometimes affect viewpoint which spun off on an interesting tangent about great authors who have published books that draw admirers and detractors in equal measure, we got to talking about AL Kennedy.
‘Day’ was the Winner of the 2007 Costa Book of the Year Award. Will this novel measure up to the acclaim in the eys of the group? Will Alfred Day’s account of his war be comparable to Richard Hillary’s classic ‘The Last Enemy’? As a member of the group recalled reading that AL Kennedy used an actual wartime diary as a basis for the narrative, we wondered how far does the influence of fact determine the greatness of a novel?
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2010-04-22
End Time: 21:00
