This is the 2001 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. You can e-mail comments prior to the meeting date to: rifraffbc@hotmail.com


SUNDAY January 28, 2001

The Dress Lodger

by Sheri Holman

Set in 1831 England during the cholera epidemic - tells the story of a 15-year-old prostitute, a surgeon and a journalist- explores an underside of life in the 19th century.

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SUNDAY February 25, 2001

Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

An African story with qualities common to all humanity. A classic in 20th century literature and 8 million copies are in print worldwide.

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SUNDAY March 25, 2001

Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card

A young kid is sent for special training because of his special talents and may be humanity's only hope in a war against aliens. Winner of 2 sci-fi writer awards.

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SUNDAY April 29, 2001

The Power and The Glory

by Graham Greene

The horror story of Catholic persecution in Mexico during the late 1930's.

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SUNDAY May 27, 2001

Skin

by Kathe Koja

Two women, a sculptor and dancer come together to create a new underground art. It's an obsession with pain, metal and flesh.

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SUNDAY June 24, 2001

From Russia with Love

by Ian Flemming

James Bond travels across war torn Europe to steal a decoding device not knowing he is a pawn in a morbid game of human chess, courtesy of an elite Russian death squad.

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SUNDAY July 29, 2001

Survivor: A Novel

by Chuck Palahniuk

Man tells his bizarre life story on a Black Box before his plane crashes.

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SUNDAY August 26, 2001

Disco Bloodbath

by James St. James

A look into New York's Downtown Club scene. A true murder story about the scene, told by a prototypical club kid from the 1980's.

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SUNDAY September 30, 2001

The Fall of the Year

by Howard Frank Mosher

In a northern Vermont town, a Roman Catholic priest with a colorful past tries to keep the peace among the eccentric residents.

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SUNDAY October 28, 2001

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

by Alfred Lansing

Formerly a Chicago Field Museum exhibit, this is a white-knuckle adventure about a man, his crew and survival.

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SUNDAY November 25, 2001

Shopgirl

by Steve Martin

The story of a girl that works in the glove department of Neimans, "selling things that nobody buys any more". She spends her evenings taking prescription drugs and drawing "dead things".

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