Death and the Penguin -- Andrei Kurkov

A short , darkly amusing read. We all liked it  - but not much to discuss. Magnus Mills with a political agenda. Worth a look.

Cloud Atlas -- David Mitchell

Very clever  , but is there a message . Apparently yes but most of us missed it.
Good but not great

Strange Weather in Tokyo -- Hiromi Kawakami

We liked it - well most of us. A delicate, engaging love story  with unusual main characters

After Me Comes the Flood -- Sarah Perry

A majority liked this oddly atmospheric book , even if not sure what it is about.

One Hundred Years of Solitude -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

OR  years of stolid dude..... Not many of us finished it   . I realised that trying to remember who is who  and when  is redundant .. history and the people repeat. Some great bits.
Seemed great twenty years ago  

Murder in the Cathedral -- T.S. Eliot

A play , partly in verse   - well a bit different  and certainly worth reading  . What motivates Becket?  pride , duty, hubris...

A Short Gentleman -- Jon Canter

An amusing  if not profound read. Currently serialised on BBC radio4 -Reader H thoughthe sounded too tall!!