Evening Book Discussion: 'The Bell Ringers' by Henry Porter

Join experienced group leader Monte Pearson in a spirited discussion of Henry Porter's near-future thriller 'The Bell Ringers'.  This is a fast-paced 2011 book set in Britain that presents a provocative dilemma:  How much personal privacy would YOU give up in the name of national security?

A man is killed by a bomb while trying to expose a massive data collection and surveillance system called DEEP TRUTH that is prying into every part of every citizen’s life. The man’s ex-lover and a small group of people known as Bell Ringers must expose the Prime Minister’s Orwellian machinations.

Readers in England– where routine government surveillance is a fact of life – had strong reactions to this book.U.S. readers can treat the novel simply as a superb thriller, but they can also recall what may have inspired DEEP TRUTH: the Total Information Awareness Program that Congress banned in 2003, but which may be still under development.

The 'Last Wednesday Book Discussion Group' welcomes all readers to join in its monthly discussion from 7 to 8:30 p.m.  Copies of each month's  book are available at the library's front desk by the first of each  month.   Light refreshments  are served.