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13th December 2011 7pm
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One for book lovers in a relaxing and intimate venue.
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13th December 2011 7pm
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The next meeting will be in the Woodstock pub in Didsbury on the 12th December 2011 at 7pm.This will be book groups christmas party so people would be welcome to come along and get a flavour for the group.  venue link
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One for book lovers in a relaxing and intimate venue. Chatting about a mutual passion is one of the ways to get to know people so come along and express your views on our chosen novel, your week ahead, or any other subject that comes up.

The December book we chose is The Mototorcycle diaries by Ernesto 'che' Guevara.

This is some information about the book:

The Motorcycle Diaries is a memoir that traces the early travels of Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, then a 23-year-old medical student, and his friend Alberto Granado, a 29-year-old biochemist. Leaving Buenos Aires, Argentina, in January 1952 on the back of a sputtering single cylinder 1939 Norton 500cc dubbed La Poderosa ("The Mighty One"), they desired to explore the South America they only knew from books.[1] During the formative odyssey Guevara is transformed by witnessing the social injustices of exploited mine workers, persecuted communists, ostracized lepers, and the tattered descendants of a once-great Incan civilization. By journey's end they travel for a symbolic nine months by motorcycle, steamship, raft, horse, bus, and hitchhiking, covering more than 8,000 kilometres (5,000 mi) across places such as the Andes, Atacama Desert, and the Amazon River Basin. The book ends with a declaration by Guevara, born into an upper middle class family, displaying his willingness to fight and die for the cause of the poor, and his dream of seeing a united Latin America.

The book was originally marketed by Verso as "Das Kapital meets Easy Rider",[2] and has been a New York Times bestseller several times.[3]


 

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