This is the 2014 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 us out on the web via FaceBook RifRaff book club for live meeting notes and updates. 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 26, 2014 - SW

Snapper

by Brian Kimberling 210 pages

Short stories about learning to accept what happens in your life.


Sunday February 23, 2014 - BC

Trick Baby

by Iceberg Slim 320 pages

The life of a hustler in south side Chicago where the only characters are those who con and those who get conned. Scams and cons galore.


SUNDAY March 30, 2014 - RW

Invisible Monsters

by Chuck Palaniuk 304 pages

Love, betrayal, petty larceny and high fashion fuel this deliciously comic novel. Originally published 1999.


SUNDAY April 27, 2014 - PK

Zealot; The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

by Reza Aslan 336 pages

Narrative to the biography of Jesus in view of historical facts.


SUNDAY May 31, 2014 - RS

The Barbarian Nurseries

by Hector Tobar 432 pages

A live-in maid looks for abandoned children.s grandfather.


SUNDAY June 29, 2014 - SW

Sea Biscuit

by Laura Hillenbrand 399 pages

Famous crooked legged racehorse with the sad tail was the biggest newsmaker in 1938.


SUNDAY July 27, 2014 - PK

Battleborn

by Claire Vaye Watkins 304 pages

Gritty and brilliant short stories set in the Nevada dessert.


SUNDAY August 31, 2014 - RS

Zeitoun

by Dave Eggers 368 pages

Non-fiction account of a Syrian-American immigrant and his family and their extraordinary experiences during hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.


SUNDAY September 28, 2014 - SW

Portnoy's Complaint

by Phillip Roth 274 pages

New York lawyer plays out sexual revenge in fact and fantasy.


SUNDAY October 26 2014 - BC

The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the Grotesque

by Joyce Carol Oates 321 pages

27 Gothic horror tales that explore the waking nightmares of life with eyes wide open.


SUNDAY November 30, 2014 - RS

Life After Death

by Damien Echols 416 pages

Firsthand account of living on Death row.


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