Manchester Lit&Phil Literary Book Club

Overview

In January 2002, former Tory politician and Secretary of State for International Development Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan. He survived off his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, his wits, and the kindness of strangers. Along the way Rory met heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers, Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers. He was adopted by a retired fighting mastiff he named Babur in honour of Afghanistan’s first Mughal emperor, in whose footsteps the pair followed – mapping out places in between.

Tom Bissell, for the New York Times, called the book recounting the journey, The Places in Between, ‘A flat-out masterpiece’. Join us in our discussion of the book to see if you agree. The Lit & Phil Literary Book Club is free and exclusively for members, operating on a first come first serve basis, up to a maximum of 15 people.

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July 28 book club: The Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy (classic fiction).

September 29 book club: All My Sons, Arthur Miller (play).

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Lit & Phil Literary Book Club: Tuesday June 30

Book: The Places in Between, by Rory Stewart

Time: 6.15pm to 7.45pm

Location: Chief Librarian’s Office, Third Floor, Manchester Central Library, St Peters Square, City Centre, M2 5PD