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West Toledo Book Club

The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny

2024-10-03 14:00:00 2024-10-03 15:00:00 America/New_York West Toledo Book Club Good conversation, friendly faces and great books - that's what book group is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our lively and engaging book discussion. West Toledo - Meeting Room A (Capacity : 32)

Thursday, October 03
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-10-03 14:00:00 2024-10-03 15:00:00 America/New_York West Toledo Book Club Good conversation, friendly faces and great books - that's what book group is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our lively and engaging book discussion. West Toledo - Meeting Room A (Capacity : 32)

West Toledo

Meeting Room A (Capacity : 32)

Good conversation, friendly faces and great books - that's what book group is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our lively and engaging book discussion.

The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny

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"You're a coward." Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. While the residents of the Quebec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He's asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Surete du Quebec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture. They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson's views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it's nearly impossible to tell them apart. Discussions become debates, debates become arguments. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold. Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ça va bien aller. All will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone. When a murder is committed, it falls to Armand Gamache, his second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion. And the madness of crowds.

AGE GROUP: | Adults (18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Groups |

TAGS: | branchbookgroup |

West Toledo

Phone: 419.259.5290

Hours
Mon, Dec 16 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Tue, Dec 17 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Wed, Dec 18 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Thu, Dec 19 9:00AM to 8:30PM
Fri, Dec 20 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Dec 21 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Dec 22 Closed

About the branch
  • 48 Internet computers (including 4 MACs)
  • 4 children's computers
  • Free WiFi
  • 2 meeting rooms that hold 32- and 250-capacity, respectively
  • Faxing, copying, scanning
  • Making equipment
  • 50 parking spots/2 additional handicapped accessible
  • 6 bicycle spots

Upcoming events

Mon, Dec 23, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium

Mon, Dec 30, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium

Thu, Jan 02, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Auditorium,Meeting Room A (Capacity : 32)

Mon, Jan 06, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Tue, Jan 07, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium

Wed, Jan 08, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium

Wed, Jan 08, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room A (Capacity : 32)

Sat, Jan 11, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Auditorium
This event is full

Mon, Jan 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium

Tue, Jan 14, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium

Wed, Jan 15, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Auditorium