This is the 2005 RIF RAFF BOOK CLUB list.

We will try to meet the last Sunday of each month unless there is a conflict. Check the web site at http://condor.depaul.edu/~rstuba for meeting details or e-mail comments prior to the meeting date to: rifraffbc@hotmail.com And you could always give us a call for details.


SUNDAY January 30, 2005

The Hotel Eden: Stories

by Ron Carlson

Seriously funny stories that are disturbing.


SUNDAY February 27, 2005

Hottentot Venus

by Barbara Chase-Riboud

The true story of a South African girl exhibited as a scientific curiosity in Europe.


SUNDAY March 27, 2005

Life of Pi

by Yann Martel

Zookeeper's son finds himself in a lifeboat with a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra and a Bengal tiger.


SUNDAY April 24, 2005

The Pacific and Other Stories

by Mark Helprin

Powerful collection of stories about engaging lives.


SUNDAY May 29, 2005

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

Eye opening account of Afghanistan political turmoil in the 1970's.


SUNDAY June 26, 2005

Sam the Cat and Other Stories

by Matthew Klam

Entertaining, concise stories of the post-modern male.


SUNDAY July 31, 2005

The Mercy Killers

by Lisa Reardon

Liquor-soaked story reveals secrets about "Old Jerry" who is seventy yeas old, ill and about to die.


SUNDAY August 28, 2005

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

by Mark Haddon

Fast and easy read about an animal murder mystery with a difference.


SUNDAY September 25, 2005

The Snakepit

by Moses Isegawa

Uganda in the 1970's; A nation gorged on power and paranoia.


SUNDAY October 30, 2005

McSweeny's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories

by Michael Chabon

Another collection of suspense stories.


SUNDAY November 27, 2005

Crossing California

by Adam Langer

Funny heartbreaking story of living on either side of California Avenue in Chicago.


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