Thursday, September 15, 2011: Not-too-Stuffy Book Club Reads City of Thieves by David Benioff

(Senior Center Lounge, 1:00 p.m.) During the siege of Leningrad,  Lev is caught looting the body of a dead German paratrooper and is dragged to jail.  He shares his cell with the charismatic and grandiose Kolya, a handsome young soldier arrested on desertion charges. Instead of the standard bullet in the back of the head, Lev and Kolya are given a chance to save their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful colonel to use in his daughter’s wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt to find the impossible.  Join friends at the Senior Center for a discussion of this riveting book.  Copies of the book are available at the Library or at the Senior Center (front desk).  Link to catalog