LGBT Perth Book Club - The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)

The next book club pick is The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine! It'll be held on the 8th of July at 6pm, Gino's in Fremantle. Here's the Storygraph buddy read. Discussion questions will be uploaded here soon. You don't have to answer them at the book club. They're just there to give a jumping point for anything people would like to discuss.

Libraries in the Cities of Canning, Cockburn, Cambridge, Mandurah, Stirling, Swan and Vincent have copies. Subiaco library has a copy that is available to libraries in the Western Suburbs Library Group (The Grove, Nedlands, Subiaco, Mt Claremont, Claremont).

The book isn't available through any library apps or current subscription services (Everand, Spotify, Libro.fm). If you'd like an audiobook or eBook copy, please message me!

If you'd like to purchase a copy, Booko provides a price comparison for certain sites. Other stores that have copies are Rabble Books and Games (Maylands), Planet Books (Mt Lawley) and Beaufort Street Books (Mt Lawley). You can go in person to New Edition (Fremantle), The Lane Bookshop (Claremont) and Crow Books (East Victoria Park) to see if they have copies available instore or to order one in for you.

Here are some interviews with the author, warning for spoilers:

• Rabih Alameddine talks about his novel, 'The True True Story of Raja the Gullible' (audio + transcript)
• Surviving crises through humor in the award-winning book 'The True True Story of Raja the Gullible' (audio with no transcript)
• Scott Simon’s Open Book welcomes Rabih Alameddine with THE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) Whew! (video with accurate subtitles and option to switch to audio)
• Rabih Alameddine on The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) with John Freeman (YouTube)
• Patrick Ryan (Buckeye) feat. Rabih Alameddine, Guest Gay Reader (YouTube, should open to 49:07 in when interview starts)

You don't have to have read or finished the book to attend the book club, but we will be discussing spoilers at a certain point.

I'll have the book on the table to help you find me. If you have any questions or need to update me on your arrival, feel free to message me!