V. Just picked up 'The Mistress of Nothing' by Kate Pullinger.

This is our bookclub's choice for April.

Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award.

Anthony Sattin writes - 'The Mistress of Nothing serves up spicy passion and romance and biting social comment in one delicious dish. Kate Pullinger's fascinating novel brings

1860s Cairo and Luxor to life, not as an Orientalist fantasy, but as they might actually

have been'

Would I pick this book? Probably not. But that is the beauty of book clubs...they can bring you pleasant surprises!

We shall see!