Doctor, do you understand what I was up against ? My wang was all I really had that I could call my own ...
The frank revelations of his shame and humiliation told by Alexander Portnoy — a sexually-obsessed,
mother-fixated bachelor — told to his psychoanalyst, Dr Spielvogel, leave no stone unturned ...
This week's book is Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth and we'll be meeting at Ye Olde Cocke on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury — contact us for details.
Sixteen-year-old Billy Parham and his younger brother Boyd are ascinated by an elusive wolf that has been marauding their
family's property, Billy captures the animal — but rather than kill it, sets out impulsively for the mountains of Mexico to
return it to where it came from.
When Billy comes back to his own home he finds himself and his world irrevocably changed. His loss of innocence has come at a
price, and once again the border beckons with its desolate beauty and cruel promise.
This week's book is The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy and we'll be meeting at Ye Olde Cocke on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury — contact us for details.