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Discuss art, life, culture and creativity from the comfort of your own home at the QAGOMA Members Virtual Book Club or join us on site for a socially distanced discussion in the Members Lounge. After a break in December, the titles on the summer reading list will connect to, contextualise and discuss the ideas presented in ‘The Motorcycle: Design, Art, Desire’. Sessions are hosted by Book Club Facilitator Eve Jensen. Book 2: The Flamethrowers (2013), Rachel Kushner Session 1: Wed 24 Feb, 3.00pm | Online via Zoom Session 2: Thu 25 Feb, 10.30am | Online via Zoom Session 3: Sat 27 Feb, 3.00pm | QAG SOLD OUT Rachel Kushner’s critically acclaimed lightning bolt of a novel, The Flamethrowers, follows the life of a young artist who turns her fascination with motorcycles into an art career, exploring the perplexing allure of femininity, fakery and fear. The narrative straddles two revolutions: the squatter–artist scene of Manhattan’s SoHo in the 1970s and the rise of Italy’s radical left during the same period. When protagonist Reno moves to New York in 1975 with little more than a camera, she finds a fast-paced, downtown art world of makers, fakers, manipulators, lovers and friends. She begins dating a ‘golden boy’ of that world — a fellow artist and the wealthy heir to an Italian motorcycle fortune. When she travels to Italy to meet his family, she discovers a rift she can’t bridge, one that sends her spiralling through betrayal and into a radical scene in Rome. Booking essential / Book online or call (07) 3840 7278 Virtual Book Club: Free for Members / $5 Members' Guests On-site Book Club: $12 Members / $17 Members' Guests (includes afternoon tea) The link to join the meeting will emailed to you one hour prior to the start of the session. Members receive 20% off current and past Book Club titles from the QAGOMA Store. Book 1: Ubuntu: One Woman's Motorcycle Odyssey Across Africa (2016), Heather Ellis The QAGOMA Members Virtual Book Club is hosted online via Zoom. If you're new to Zoom and have any questions, please get in touch with us.