Sutherland Library Classics Book Group

There is no commitment required; just turn up ready to share your thoughts. Each month a book from classic literature is selected by the group to be read for the following meeting.

August meeting: The Feast / Margaret Kennedy

Cornwall, Midsummer 1947. Pendizack Manor Hotel has just been buried in the rubble of a collapsed cliff. Seven guests have perished, but what brought this strange assembly together for a moonlit feast before this Act of God - or Man? Over the week before the landslide, we meet the hotel guests in all their eccentric glory: the selfish aristocrat; slothful hotelier; snooping housekeeper; bereaved couple; bohemian authoress; poverty-stricken children - and as friendships form and romances blossom, sins are revealed, and the cliff cracks widen…

Find a copy

Sutherland Shire Libraries have limited access to this title in our collection. It is likely that you will need to source your own copy of this book for the meeting.  We only have 1 copy of the eaudiobook for loan via Indyreads app that library members can borrow/reserve.

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The Fine Print

It is up to you to source a copy of the selected book.

The library does have some copies for loan, but these are available for all library members to borrow so may be unavailable. You may be able to reserve a copy or find it via one of our digital collections. Alternatively, we may be able to source a copy from another library service via our interlibrary loans service (standard charges apply).