The Next Chapter: A 55+ Book Discussion Group: The Wager by David Grann
Wednesday, April 16 at 11 AM
Northville Community Center, 303 W Main St, Northville, MI, 48167
Join us for our monthly 55+ book discussion group, The Next Chapter, in collaboration with Northville Senior Services. We will meet at the Community Center the third Wednesday of each month at 11 AM. We plan to alternate fiction and non-fiction titles.
This month’s selection is The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann’s recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O’Brian, his portrayal of the castaways’ desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann’s work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound.