In case you haven’t heard, the Modern Literature Book Club has chosen Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier as it’s next pick.  They’ll be discussing it on Wednesday, March 26th at 7:30 pm. 

The Good Soldier, first published by Ford in 1915, is set just before World War I and chronicles the lives of two seemingly perfect couples.  Using characteristically modernist devices such as   a non-chronological time sequence and an unreliable narrator, Ford’s work set the bar high for the modern novel.  It’s also loosely based on Ford’s own problematic life, so we’ll have some opportunity to gossip aplenty (kidding, of course.)

So pick up your copy at the Community Bookstore today.

Josh, who runs the bookstore had two things to add in a recent email:

The first is that, because of the undeniable success of this book club, the Community Bookstore is looking for ways to expand our book club offerings.  We’ll be sending you an email soon (hopefully) detailing other book clubs that we will offer here.  So that is something to look forward to, for sure.

Secondly, because the turnout was so strong for Dubliners (and I promise in the future we’ll work with the space better in order to fit everyone in better), we left so many things on the table.  I had mentioned the idea of creating an online forum, so that people could continue the conversation even after the meeting ends. More on that to come.