In Person Meetup
Note: the book club meets prior to this one are “Perfume: the Story of a Murderer” by Patrick Süskind on Thursday 29May and “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque on Thursday 26June, and followed by “The End of the Affair” by Graham Greene on Thursday 21August
• What we'll do
Finish reading, then join us in person, share your insights over a meal and/or drink(s) at Bar Storia del Caffè, The Salil Hotel. It’s on Soi Sukhumvit 57 and is a 5-minute walk from BTS Thonglor station.
Approximately 272 pages. It’s available at Kinokuniya Bookstore for 426 baht (https://thailand.kinokuniya.com/bw/9780008366568), $11.99 on kindle or as an audiobook on audible.com.
Should anyone who RSVP’s need the epub version please send a message to the host.
Synopsis
On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration, a young woman snoops through her boyfriend's phone and makes a startling discovery: he's an anonymous internet conspiracy theorist, and a popular one at that. Already fluent in internet fakery, irony, and outrage, she's not exactly shocked by the revelation. Actually, she's relieved--he was always a little distant--and she plots to end their floundering relationship while on a trip to the Women's March in DC. But this is only the first in a series of bizarre twists that expose a world whose truths are shaped by online lies.
Suddenly left with no reason to stay in New York and increasingly alienated from her friends and colleagues, our unnamed narrator flees to Berlin, embarking on her own cycles of manipulation in the deceptive spaces of her daily life, from dating apps to expat meetups, open-plan offices to bureaucratic waiting rooms. She begins to think she can't trust anyone--shouldn't the feeling be mutual?
Narrated with seductive confidence and subversive wit, Fake Accounts challenges the way current conversations about the self and community, delusions and gaslighting, and fiction and reality play out in the internet age.
• Important to know
No entrance fee, no membership fees. Your patronage of the cafe is highly appreciated, as usage of their facility is without charge. Expect meal/drink to average 450 baht thereabouts
