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NEXT BOOKS 04/03/2009
The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
Meet Balram Halwai, servant, philosopher, entrepreneur and murderer - The White Tiger. Balram writes to the Premier of China – reveals his life story. Born in a rural village and the son of a rickshaw puller, he was removed from school and put to work crushing coal and wiping tables. But the young Balram dreamt of leaving his impoverished life behind for success in the city. His chance came when he was hired by a rich landlord as a chauffeur. But how did he evolve from a likable, hardworking village boy to a cold-blooded killer?
Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
On parole from prison Tom Joad returns home to find his family’s Oklahoma farm desolate. Banks are forcing croppers from their properties in droves, and machines reap the last of the cotton before the land and the profits dry up - permanently. The hungry head toward California, but the promises of work, full stomachs, and a new life also turn to dust as the system of oppression stalks the dispossessed across the desert. The Joads, and those they encounter on the road, are changed as they grapple with a twisted system but find that whilst those in comfort refuse even the most basic rights, those in tribulation share, even from their very own bodies.
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News and Events
Much admired Australian author Dorothy Porter passed away on Tuesday 10th. A writer at the height of her powers, Dorothy’s most recent publication was EL DORADO, her fifth verse novel. It was shortlisted for the Dinny O’Hearn Poetry Prize (Age Book of the Year Award), the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for fiction, and Best Fiction in the Ned Kelly Awards and the Australian Book Review described it thus: …this mature and accomplished work…puts her at the top of the distinguished class of contemporary Australian poets when it comes to livres composés.As a friend of First Tuesday Book Club she'll be greatly missed.