September Meeting 1 - Eurotrash (Christian Kracht)

The first book for September will be Christian Kracht's 2021 effort, *Eurotrash*. Translated by Daniel Bowles, this autobiographical novel 'is an unsparingly funny, vertiginous mirror-cabinet of familial and historical reckoning, a tragicomic quest punctuated by the tenderness and spite meted out between two people who cannot escape one another.' (Book jacket) 'Hailed by the likes of Karl Ove Knausgaard and Joshua Cohen, Christian Kracht's spiky, tragicomic masterpiece finds a middle-aged man and his terminally ill mother on a vodka-fuelled road trip in Switzerland, while the ghosts of Europe's twentieth century loom large in the background.' -Waterstones https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205478791-eurotrash We will hold the meeting at the Byward Kitchen and Bar, tucked behind All Hallows by the Tower. So come along for some delicious fare from this cafe as we dive into our latest exciting read! N.B. We will be charging an event fee of £3, non-refundable, to discourage no-shows and contribute to the running costs of the group. Please only sign up if you intend to come along as space is limited to make for an effective discussion!