Thursday | Book Club | Roman Road

Hello my gorgeous Thursday singles! Are you a book lover looking for a fresh way to meet like-minded people? Join us for the Thursday Book Club! A fun, relaxed, and exciting way to connect with others who share your passion for reading!

Each month, we’ll dive into a different genre, from bestsellers and thought-provoking nonfiction to romance and mystery – ensuring there’s something for everyone. It’s a great opportunity to engage in lively discussions, share your thoughts, and maybe even find a new connection along the way! (Huge thank you to Bàrd Books who are helping put this event on for you all!

👀 PLEASE MAKE SURE TO READ THE BOOK BEFORE ATTENDING!

📍 Bàrd Books on Roman Road – 13th November!

What a better way to meet someone than in the pages of a book? Or over the pages of a book.

Book: Giovanni’s Room
I stand at the window of this great house in the south of France as night falls, the night which is leading me to the most terrible morning of my life.
David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancée to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David’s fiancée returns and, denying who he is, he rejects Giovanni for a ‘safe’ future as a married man. It is a decision that will bring tragedy.

Considered an ‘audacious’ second novel, Giovanni’s Room is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence. This now-classic story of a fated love triangle explores, with uncompromising clarity, the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and sexual identity.
One of the most important American writers of the twentieth century, this second novel established Baldwin as one of the great American writers of his time.
‘Exquisite, a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring’ Guardian

‘Gorgeous, fearless, tempered by dark knowledge and pain … the greatest American prose stylist of his generation’ Colm Tóibín

Here’s the link to buy it online: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14900/9780141032948.

✍️ £15 Tickets, 25 female 25 male!

🥂 Drinks available from Bard Books who have a full bar!

BOOK AVAILABLE IN PERSON AT BÀRD BOOKS (341-343 Roman Road, E3 5QR) OR ONLINE HERE!

Happy reading and we look forward to seeing you soon…

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