The Rotters’ Club by Jonathan Coe

Some discussion highlights:

• Everyone thought it was a little hard to keep track of all the characters
• Those who didn’t finish it didn’t exactly hate it, it was just a little too hard to get into it
• Lots of pop culture references, especially to music
• Why did Ben write such a  scathing review of Cicely?  Maybe because he had built her up so high
• There is a sequel to this book, called The Closed Circle.  It takes place from 1999-2003.
• A lot of hippies were actually not that open-minded, especially when it came to women
• Benjamin’s grandfather blamed him for the last 200 years of England’s problems – “That’s a point of view”
• Malcolm & Lois mirrored Emil & Inger