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    Book Club: The Charioteer by Mary Renault

    Book Club: The Charioteer by Mary Renault

    Presented by William Way LGBT Community Center at William Way Center

    September 15, 2010


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    After enduring an injury at Dunkirk during World War II, Laurie Odell is sent to a rural veterans’ hospital in England to convalesce. There he befriends the young, bright Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly. As they find solace and companionship together in the idyllic surroundings of the hospital, their friendship blooms into a discreet, chaste romance. Then one day, Ralph Lanyon, a mentor from Laurie’s schoolboy days, suddenly reappears in Laurie’s life, and draws him into a tight-knit social circle of world-weary gay men. Laurie is forced to choose between the sweet ideals of innocence and the distinct pleasures of experience.


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        William Way Center

        1315 Spruce Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19107

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        Dates:
        September 15, 2010

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        Wednesday, September 15, 7-8 pm

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