The
Fairfax Library Book Discussion Group will meet Thursday, September 14th at 7
p.m. in the meeting room of the Fairfax Library to discuss our September book His
Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Discussion
questions are below.
Here
are some links for additional background and information:
Culduie,
Highland is a real place
Coming
up, we have the following books to look forward to reading and discussing:
Thurs.
Oct. 12th Lab
Girl by Hope Jahren
Thurs.
Nov. 9th The
Little Red Chairs by Edna O’Brien
Thurs.
Dec. 14th News
of the World by Paulette Jiles
Thanks
for reading with us. I look forward to seeing you at the Fairfax Library.
Beth Bailey-Gates
1. What
role do religion and superstitious beliefs have in the novel?
2. The
novel explores the social hierarchy of the Scottish Highlands in the nineteenth
century. What impact do these structures have on the lives and actions of the
characters?
3. The
novel is presented as a series of “found documents.” How does this format
affect your understanding of the characters and story?
4. What
roles do the various secondary characters – Lachian Mackenzie, Jetta, John
Macrae, Flora Mackenzie – play in the
lead-up to Roddy’s murders?
5. What
do you think Roddy’s true motivations for the 3 murders are? To what
extent do you accept his version of
events?
6. Roddy
Macrae’s fate at trial hinges on the question of his sanity. How has our
understanding of insanity changed since Victorian times?
7. Whose
version of events do you think is correct -
Roddy Macrae’s written version or Dr. Thomson’s?
8. Who
was the father of Jetta’s baby?
