Shelf Life Book Club: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch | August 14th

A casual, friendly book club where we discuss this month's book, hosted by Rosie from Shelf Life Books and Zines.

Our next meeting will be held in the back seating area (indoors, by HATW/Vin Van Cymru) and we'll be discussing Prophet Song by Paul Lynch. Here's the blurb:

A mother faces a terrible choice as Ireland slides into totalitarianism On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart.

The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and when her husband disappears, Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a society that is quickly unravelling. How far will she go to save her family? And what – or who – is she willing to leave behind?Exhilarating, terrifying and propulsive, Prophet Song is a work of breathtaking originality, offering a devastating vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mother’s fight to hold her family together.

All attendees will have 15% off the book at Shelf Life and we have paid-forward copies available for anyone who needs one (the solidarity ticket option helps do this). We want our book club to be accessible everyone so please let us know if you have any access needs and we'll do everything we can to accommodate them. If you're nervous about attending  (we get it!) for the first time, feel free to pop into the Corp for a look around beforehand, message for more info about the club/location or drop us a message if you'd like to meet at the bar on your way in.

See you there!