Gryphons Read- Evening Author’s Chat

When you register for Gryphons Read, you'll receive an e-mail that contains a personalized code to get your free eBook* copy of Funny Boy. You will also get access to online resources to help bring the story and characters to life as you read, and then have the opportunity to discuss the book with other Gryphons in online book clubs in September.  There will also be the opportunity to meet the author!  To register, please complete this form and be sure to hit 'submit'.

This year's selected text is Funny Boy, by Shyam Selvadurai.  In this remarkable novel, a boy’s bittersweet passage to maturity and sexual awakening is set against escalating political tensions in Sri Lanka, during the seven years leading up to the 1983 riots. Arjie Chelvaratnam is a Tamil boy growing up in an extended family in Colombo. It is through his eyes that the story unfolds and we meet a delightful, sometimes eccentric cast of characters. Arjie’s journey from the luminous simplicity of childhood days into the more intricately shaded world of adults – with its secrets, its injustices, and its capacity for violence – is a memorable one, as time and time again the true longings of the human heart are held against the way things are.

Register to learn more about the author chat event.