JULY BOOK
Our July book is Murder in Amsterdam by the Dutch writer and editor Ian Buruma (link) which remains topical even though it was written some sixteen years ago. Once again we'll meet on the Steamworks Brew Pub patio (Steamworks), next to Waterfront Station. Join the books and beer brigade this Tuesday evening, July 5. We'll be off and running at our regular 7pm start time and would welcome any and all interested parties.
Ian Buruma's Murder in Amsterdam is a masterpiece of investigative journalism, a book with the intimacy and narrative control of a crime novel and the analytical brilliance for which Buruma is renowned. On a cold November day in Amsterdam in 2004, the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie that "insulted the prophet Mohammed." The murder sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native land to investigate the event and its larger meaning as part of the great dilemma of our time.
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