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Reading Group - Redburn

Monday 9th March 2020

Venue
First Floor, Topping & Company Booksellers of Ely, 9 High Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4LJ
Doors Open
7.10pm
Start Time
7.30pm
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Inspired by the Melville’s own teenage voyage across the Atlantic to Liverpool Redburn opens as a jaunty sea adventure before developing in unexpected – and sometimes startling – ways, as the young narrator undergoes a rapid initiation into the world of adulthood.  Remarkable for its combination of harsh realism and buoyant humour, the book bears witness to scenes of squalor and corruption on land and sea, whilst maintaining a rousing belief in human resilience and potential.