June Book Club-- Prisoner's Dilemma by Richard Powers
Event Details
06:30PM - 08:30PM
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Eddie Hobson Sr., father of four, is full of secrets. Sometime history teacher, quiz master, black humorist and virtuoso invalid. While attempting to keep his fainting spells hidden from his family - who tries to discover the nature of his sickness- he is in the process of constructing a secret project--a fictitious reality he calls Hobstown. He is certain that Hobstown will save the greater world, everything that is in it and cure his ailments, but his family and their dysfunctional communication style is starting to intercede. Read along as Eddie tries to distract his family from current concerns through riddles and quizzes while historical themes are uncovered in the structure of Hobstown. A dazzling novel of compassion and imagination, Prisoner's Dilemma is a story of the power of invalid experience.
Look Who's Coming
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Richard Peter
MS '73 -
Carolyn Bahl
MD '85 -
Elizabeth Hanson-Smith Thompson
MA '67, PhD '72