This is the 2021 RIF RAFF BOOK CLUB list.

We will try to meet on the last Sunday of each month. Check us out on Facebook. Search Bobby LaGrange RifRaff Book Club for live meeting notes and updates. Go to our official webpage http://condor.depaul.edu/~rstuba Send e-mail comments and book reviews prior to the suggested meeting date to rifraffbc@hotmail.com. You could always give us a call for details of the monthly meeting if you are interested in discussing any of the books on this year's list. Virtual discussions are encouraged during covid outbreaks.


SUNDAY January 31, 2021 - RS

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories

by Raymond Carver 159 pages

Haunting meditation of love, loss and finding one's way through the dark.


Sunday February 28, 2021 - NC

The Rib King

by Ladde Hubbard 384 pages

Story that relates a modern message about how African American stereotypes are used for profit.


SUNDAY March 28, 2021 - RW

Foe: A Novel

by Ian Reid 288 pages

Haunting, philosophical puzzle of a novel, set in the near-future.


SUNDAY April 25, 2021 - SDD

The One-in-a-Million Boy

by Monica Wood 336 pages

Story about the healing power of friendship, music, and unexpected, generation-spanning connections.


SUNDAY May 30, 2021 - BS

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel

by Olga Tokarczuk 288 pages

Marvelously weird and fable like mystery with sardonic humor, an award winning murder whodunit.


SUNDAY June 27, 2021 - MK

Henderson the Rain King

by Saul Bellow 352 pages

If you are looking to have some fun reading the work of a Nobel Laureate, look no further.


SUNDAY July 25, 2021 - RS

Disappearing Earth

by Julia Phillips 255 pages

An investigation of two missing sisters in Russian and its revebarations across a tightly knit community.


SUNDAY August 29, 2021 - SW

Ironweed: A Novel

by William Kennedy 227 pages

A book that perfectly encapsulates the seedier side of depression era Americana.


SUNDAY September 26, 2021 - RS

Deacon King Kong

by James McBride 370 pages

Wise and witty novel about what happens to witnesses of a shooting in 1969.


SUNDAY October 31 2021 - BC

Growing Things and Other Stories

by Paul Tremblay 338 pages

Fabulous horror stories about monsters and ghosts that will give you nightmares.


SUNDAY November 28, 2021 - SW

Marley: A Novel

by Jon Clinch 288 pages

A masterful reimagining and darkly entertaining exploration of the relationship between Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley from the classic, A Christmas Carol.


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