The YLD invites all members to participate in the Book Club event on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 12:00 p.m., via Zoom, featuring James Varga’s book, Atticus from Shawneetown: A Novel.

Author James Varga will be attending the Book Club!

This Book Club event is co-sponsored by the ISBA Criminal Justice Section. 

Please join our Book Club meeting even if you did not read the book or started the book, but did not finish it. The meeting will be interesting and engaging even for participants who did not read the book.

Register to attend the YLD Book Club on September 18. (After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.)

CLE Credit Pending for ISBA Members

About the Book
Absurd humor questions the meaning of truth. Deep in Southern Illinois, in a place called Little Egypt, the county sheriff and his young deputy scientifically bumble their way through stopping what is dubbed the "Invasion of the Feral Swine." A prosecutor fresh out of law school brings the whole shebang into a court of law for the "Trial of the Man with No Name." Instead of science and law, the everyday people of Greens Point live on the minutia of life, their conversations dotted with nothings.
 
Throughout these absurd events, Sunday evening chats between a reverend and his visitor link essential topics, speared by death, yet caught by hope, and told with a dash of humor. In bits from their talks, the reverend learns about his guest's past and the makeup of the man, including how he came up with the name "Atticus." The story closes with their final Sunday evening chat: from the mouth of an ex-con, truth is told to a dying reverend.

Order your copy of Atticus from Shawneetown: A Novel

About the Author
James Varga is a judge in Chicago. He began his professional career on the prosecution team against John Gacy, murderer of thirty-three boys and young men. He graduated from Notre Dame Law School, associate editor of the law review, and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with a perfect academic grade point average, missing a perfect cumulative average with a "B" in handball. He, writing as Augie Holiday, is the author of Angels Have Wings (2020).

For questions, contact YLD Section Liaison Tyshi Davis.