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Welcome to Literature in Pubs
LIPs News20th September 2010: The Citadel by A.J. Cronin (Proposed by Claire) Posted on 23/08/201016th August 2010: Tobias Wolff - A short story to discuss (Proposed by Jim) Posted on 21/07/201019th July 2010: Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes (Proposed by Julie) Posted on 24/06/2010 |
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Literature in Pubs (LIPs) is a community book group searching for literary stimulation in the relaxing atmosphere of a cosy pub.
Currently the meetings are held at The Vernon Arms pub on Dale
Street in Liverpool city centre, on the 3rd Monday of every month at 6pm.
When newly-qualified doctor Andrew Manson takes up his first post with a Welsh mining community he is full of idealism and enthusiasm. However, he finds that the reality of practising medicine in primitive conditions very different from the theory, and he makes enemies as well as friends.
This month in LIPs we will be discussing one of Tobias Wolff's short stories. Wolff is an American author, who is known for his memoirs, particularly This Boy's Life (1989), and his short stories.
Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer’s work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we also gradually come to learn some important and shocking details about Geoffrey and his own life.