by Christian White
(discussion led by KE)
Some background links to get you started:
- The publisher's page for the book
- Review by Louise Swinn in The Sydney Morning Herald
- The author's website
- The trailer for the book on YouTube
- Christian White on Studio 10 (Twitter link)
- Review in The Saturday Paper
- Review by Mark I Pinsky in NY Journal of Books
What we discussed about the book:
- The 'prescription' for a mystery/thriller - how closely did this book follow that plan?
- Who picked 'whodunnit' and at what point in the novel? What were the clues?
- The concept of the Evangelic snake-handling - we discussed some of the background to this practice
- The idea that a photo shows a moment not a story
- The process of tracking Sammy down...how credible was that? (similar, but different to the real-life Lion process...so do-able)
- What was the role of sibling guilt?
And then we were distracted onto:
- the decay theory of psychology - is it better to put things behind you, move on and forget about past trauma
- how well this book would adapt to a screenplay
- Is there really a town of Manson?
- Stephen King's 'On Writing' - how did that influence the structure or execution of the novel?
In other news:
- One of our original No.1 Ladies (M) graced us with her presence all the way from Perth and discovered she and our newgirl have matching dogs (Nova Scotian Ducktoller).
- Game of Thrones - yay or nay? Yay-sayers tell the others to stick with it past the first few episodes
- We discussed aged care facilities
- Recommendation of the movie - Head Full of Honey
Ratings
Range: 6.5 to 8.5
Average: 7.37
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