Everything Book Club, "Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin

Don't miss the Library's Open Book / Open Mind program with author Nicholas Boggs about his bestselling new biography "Baldwin: A Love Story" on Sunday, March 8, two days before book club! In our discussion, we'll talk about Boggs's conversation as well as Baldwin's brilliant classic about a young American expat caught between conventional morality and his true desires in 1950s Paris. If you've always meant to read this book, now's your chance! If you've read it before, let's explore it again together in the context of Baldwin's own life.

“Exciting…. A book that belongs in the top rank of fiction.” —The Atlantic

James Baldwin was an essayist, playwright, novelist and voice of the American civil rights movement known for works including 'Notes of a Native Son,' 'The Fire Next Time' and 'Go Tell It on the Mountain.'