Margate Bookshop Bookclub

30th April 2025

Fort Road Hotel Bar

Discussing Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa at Fort Road Hotel Bar

6.30pm

An enthralling and explicit glimpse into disability, desire and darkness, Japanese author Ichikawa's acclaimed first novel is translated by Polly Barton, who also worked on Butter by Asako Yuzuki. The story's protagonist is a woman born with a congenital muscle disorder, who relies on a wheelchair and ventilator, and lives in a care home. Belying her relative physical stillness is the provocative secret life she lives online; posting erotic stories to a website. When one day a new male carer reveals he's read her work, she claps back with an indecent proposal…

The Bookclub is open to all and there’s no requirement to read every book and turn up to every meeting, come whenever you fancy!

The wonderful Fort Road Hotel hosting the meet-ups in their basement bar with a delicious selection of drinks and snacks.

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