Our book for this month is *Piranesi* by *Susanna Clarke.* This book was first published in 2020, winning the Women's Prize for Fiction.

**Description**
Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house.

There is one other person in the house—a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known.

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We will be meeting in the Brewhouse & Kitchen on Cotham Hill from 7pm. We've arranged with the pub to use their events space upstairs to ensure we'll have space to accommodate everyone. Please consider buying a drink from the bar downstairs to support the pub! We expect the event to last for around two hours including a break. We look forward to seeing you there!

Joel Abraham

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September Book Club: Piransesi by Susanna Clarke

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