June's read was Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner, chosen by Charlotte. Published in 1984, this was Brookner's fourth novel, and the one that would go on to win her that year's Booker Prize. It was the novel that launched her career to new heights. And yet Brookner felt that fellow nominee JG Ballard should have taken the prize for his semi-autobiographical Japanese masterpiece, Empire of the Sun. For what it's worth, the gin-sodden literary hooligans of #TheLastBookClub were wont to disagree with
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner