Clare Hall Book Club

Join the College’s Book Club as they discuss Gate of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald (1990).

It is 1912, and at Cambridge University the modern age is knocking at the gate. Fred Fairly, a Junior Fellow at the college of St Angelicus, where for centuries no female, not even a pussy cat, has been allowed to set foot, lectures in physics. Science, he is certain, will explain everything. Until into Fred’s orderly life come Daisy. Fred is smitten. Why have I met her? he wonders. How can I tell if she’s quite what she seems? Fred is a scientist. To him the truth should be everything. But even scientists make mistakes. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

All College members are welcome to attend in-person, meeting in Clare Hall’s King Room, or via Zoom. If you are not on the mailing list and would like to be, please send an email to operations.administrator@clarehall.cam.ac.uk, confirming your Clare Hall connection and putting the following as the email title: I would like to join the Book Club mailing list.

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