Las Iguanas

Other than a list of our books there’s very little that identifies this site as much to do with our bookclub. I’m hoping this entry will go a little way to addressing this anomaly. It’s not going to be a blow by blow account of the discussion since that’s not really the point of the club - As has been said before it’s really just “an excuse to meet up under a very thin veneer of self-improvement”. But the book will at least get a mention!

There was a full turn out for Persepolis which, given it was a Liverpool outing, was particularly gratifying. It got underway a little later than planned thanks to my legendarily laid back approach to directions – by the time I’d mentioned the turn off to Dom we’d sailed past the exit. As a result we had to pass on the usual pre-dinner drinks. I think this goes some way to explaining the bar bill that wasn’t particularly offset by the “5 for a Tenner” special, or the presence of two abstemious drivers.

In line with tradition the discussion started after the main course with an introduction from the host. The reason for choosing the book can be as simple as “it’s the only one in the shop they had five of” but in this case was decidedly more elaborate, suggested, as it was, by a viewing of the French language film version voiced by Catherine Deneuve (I probably got that horribly wrong) Whatever the motivation it was a reasonably well received choice but I think it’s fair to say it didn’t particularly ignite any passions.

We always allow the dust to settle before scoring the book. Although it wasn’t intentional it does allow some “back-pedalling” - I think my score come Monday morning was more reflective of my overall opinion than my contributions that evening were.

That just leaves the “Stats” -
Persepolis ranked 50 / 79 with a Standard Deviation ranking of 4/79 ( Dom can correct me here but I think this measure suggests fairly convergent opinion? )