The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry -- Rachel Joyce

This book had many good reviews  so we thought we would try it. An easy read , a parable  , a few touching moments  BUT  it  seems very deliberately written  , over - thought out , and the author could already see the TV adaptation.  One of us hated it   Good but not great

A Single Man -- Christopher Isherwood

A little gem . We all rated this highly . A short book that has so much in it . Wonderful bits on every page
  A top ten I think

Mansfield Park -- Jane Austen

For a Classic novel ( not perhaps her best) this divided the group. Some struggled - and failed to get through it ; others gave their approbation to the  prose
Not great narrative  - it is about the characters.

The Sisters Brothers -- Patrick deWitt

Billed as "Western"  but perhaps more a fable of redemption  this was well-recieved by the group. A slow-burn with some memorable characters and incidents  - and easy to read

Kreutzer Sonata -- Leo Tolstoy

A polemic driven by Tolstoy inability to cope with women and his own sexual feelings . Nonetheless a few good lines in what Bloke J described a short book that was too long

The Wandering Falcon -- Jamil Ahmad

A series of connected short stories by a retired Pakistani Civil Servant. Life in the tribal lands. Haunting and bleak  ,  One we recommend

Memento Mori -- Muriel Spark

Well tonight is actually discussing the 99th book  -Our founder BlokeS will be here from Cardiff as well as a another ex-member.  Bloke G ,current member can not come as he is trekking in India or somewhere like that.
A meal and no doubt some beer await -  The Book is Memento Mori
Ten years - not bad for blokes' book group