February Recap and March Meeting

Last night was the February meeting during which we discussed book III of The Napoleon of Notting Hill. We had a great and wide-ranging discussion! GKC would have appreciated it, I think.

The next meeting is March 18 (Laetare Sunday) at 7:00PM at the rectory.

Thanks to Mike for pointing out this review by C. Hitchens of Kerr's Chesterton biography. In the words of Mike, "Only read it if you're in a good mood and want to be put in a bad mood." One of the comments from a reader was

I could not disagree more with Hitchen's summary of Chesterton in the last paragraph. Hitchens is unknowingly describing himself there.

The consensus last night was that we'd like to read a response from a veteran Chestertonian like Alquist.

February Meeting

The next meeting of the St. Sebastian Chesterton Society will be on February 19 in the rectory. We'll be discussing the third book of The Napoleon of Notting Hill.

During our discussion of Book II, one of our intrepid members (a Johnny Andrew-come-lately) made the connection between GKC and Gabriel García Márquez. That may not be as far a stretch as it may first glance appear to be. GGM has been a big fan of Jorge Luis Borges, who was a fan (and translator of) Chesterton. Grist for the literary crit mill.