This is the 2010 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 for past book lists and exciting links. Send 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 31, 2010 - BC

The Appointment: A Novel

by Herta Muller 224 pages

Alcoholism, violence, corruption and personal betrayal are all part of this story.


Sunday February 28, 2010 - BC

The Matter is Life

by by J. California Cooper 227 pages

This African American woman writer presents eight deceptively simple slice-of-life parables.


SUNDAY March 28, 2010 - Richie S.

Guadalcanal Diaries

by Richard Tregaskis 263 pages

US Marines personal narratives of the Solomon Island campaign during WWII.


SUNDAY April 25, 2010 - RS

Out Stealing Horses

by Per Petterson 250 pages

Norwegian novelist's portrait of a 70 year old man trying to come to terms with his past.


SUNDAY May 30, 2010 - PK

The Edible History of Humanity

by Tom Standage 288 pages

Author charts how food transformed human culture through the ages.


SUNDAY June 27, 2010 - SW

Rhino Ranch

by Larry McMurtry 288 pages

Complexities of small town Texas life and the frailties of human relationships.


SUNDAY July 25, 2010 - PK

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

by Thornton Wilder 148 pages

Classic novel from one of Americas best crime novelists.


SUNDAY August 29, 2010 - RS

Let the Great World Spin

by Colum McCain 368 pages

Stories of eccentrics during the month of August 1974. A man walks a cable between the World Trade Center Towers in New York City.


SUNDAY September 26, 2010 - RW

The Road

by Cormac McCarthy 287 pages

Post - apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father and his young son. NOTE: This pick was an Oprah Book Club selection. Petition on file in front office.


SUNDAY October 31, 2010 - SW

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson 256 pages

A tale of subtle psychological terror has unnerved readers since 1959.


SUNDAY November 28, 2010 - SW

The Outsiders

by S.E. Hinton 196 pages

The "Greasers" and the "Socials" rumble.


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