This is the 2007 RIF RAFF BOOK CLUB list.

We will try to meet the last Sunday of each month unless there is a conflict. Please call to set up the meeting if your selection is being read. 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 of the meeting if you are interested in discussing any of the books.


SUNDAY January 28, 2007

Twilight of the Superheroes

by Deborah Eisenburg

A short story collection that features a story that describes the attack on the World Trade Center. The other stories take place in what is now called the post- 9/11 World.


SUNDAY February 25, 2007

Dark Bargain

by Laurence Goldstone

Non-Fictional look at the slavery law and the battle for the U.S. Constitution.


SUNDAY March 25, 2007

For One More Day

by Mitch Albom

The story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that lasts a lifetime and beyond.


SUNDAY April 29, 2007

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

by Yiyun Li

A cultural revolution in 10 stories set in China and America.


SUNDAY May 27, 2007

Winner of the National Book Award; A Novel of Fame, Honor and Really Bad Weather

by Jincy Willett

A brilliant black comedy featuring some very odd characters.


SUNDAY June 24, 2007

Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

Satire in four parts about Gulliver's voyages to imaginary lands that showcase the ills of his homeland.


SUNDAY July 29, 2007

The Dead Fish Museum

by Charles D'Amrosio

Stories of understated realism based on charged relations.


SUNDAY August 26, 2007

Crash

by J.G. Ballard

People get in automobile accidents for pleasure.


SUNDAY September 30, 2007

Down and Out in Paris and London

by George Orwell

A fictional tramps travelogue.


SUNDAY October 28, 2007

Hound of the Baskervilles

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes solves the mystery of the diabolical ruin of the Baskerville family.


SUNDAY November 25, 2007

The Best People in the World

by Justin Tussing

Debut novel that reeks of boyish fantasies gone awry.


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