At Swim, Two Boys
This has BECOME the site of the March Book_Club discussion.
(First of all, apologies for the lateness of this little chat. I figured I might slide because I quit my job, it was my birthday, and taxes are due. No? Okay YOU WIN THE MEETING.)
And Could You Please (an Important Commonition)
List your nickname here if you read the book and think you might want to contribute to this discussion. And since we all spent our free time reading about love, politics and war for the love of learning and of bunnies, ideally this will be a fun, casual discussion.
Readers
What did you think?
(Did you have any particular questions come up again and again as you read? Anything you feel O'Neill did an exceptionally bad or good job with? Opening statements you need to make before we talk? Sign your comments as I've done, or, if there is a better format to be had, change to that. Once we have topics, we can also sort the discussion by sections, if you like.)
Use of language: how much is particular to O'Neill and how much is regional, effect of style and language on reader's experience of the story of Jim and Doyler, of the other characters &c.
Can the book be read for enjoyment, without addressing the writer's politics? And what does that do to our feeling about the story (in general or for specific plot lines?) --Rebirtha 00:53, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
