Fantasy novel is BookTalk’s February pick

February's BookTalk title is a fantasy novel considered one of the great examples of the genre.

photo_with_booktalkThe UAB Department of English will feature Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees during its monthly BookTalk discussion Feb. 7, 2012. Originally published in 1926, Mirrlee’s tale is one of a head townsman whose son eats forbidden fairy fruit and the events that ensue.

Talks are informal and begin at 6 p.m. in the Henley Room of the Mervyn Sterne Library, 917 13th St. South. For more information, contact Jennifer Young at jlyoung@uab.edu or 205-975-5328.