Margate Bookshop Bookclub

26th February 2025

Fort Road Hotel Bar

Discussing Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon at Fort Road Hotel Bar

6.30pm

A rip-roaring tragicomic caper set in Sicily in 412BC, it's the story of two Sicilian potters who decide to stage a half-baked Greek tragedy starring real Greeks, that is, the defeated and starving Athenian prisoners imprisoned in the rock quarries of ancient Syracuse. The two friends, theatre-loving Gelon and lovesick Lampo, may hate the invaders but they carry their poetry in their hearts and, as they put their audacious plan into action, they unearth the most beautiful and ugly parts of human nature in this compelling celebration of love, friendship and art.

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 will be hosting our meet-ups in their basement bar with a delicious selection of drinks and snacks.

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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