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Dead Weight: Questions for Book Clubs
1) What did you know of Charleston?
a) her history
b) the look and architecture
c) any specifics about the turn of the 20th century
d) What did you learn?
2) Are you familiar with the period, politics and social issues related to the Jim Crow South?
a)What issues seemed real in Dead Weight?
3) Do you know of the religious history of Charleston and the various religions, Christian and others, who have deep roots there?
a)Did you know Charleston had one of the oldest Jewish communities in the nation?
4) What did you feel about the female characters in Dead Weight?
a) Did you feel they were too ‘modern’? Too strong?
b) Who would you cast for some of the female characters?
5) Did you think the character of Hal Hinson played an important role?
a) What do you think he looked like?
b) Whom would you cast in a film?
6) In his reporting, how did Hal’s ‘dispatches’ to New York serve to broaden the story?
7) Of the true person of Nealy Duncan. What did you feel about him?
a) as a person
b) as a protagonist
c) in a sense of grace
d) how would you cast him?
8) Dead Weight runs through something of a culinary tour of Charleston.
a) Are you aware of any of the dishes mentioned?
b) Did it make you hungry?
9) Ok. Let’s talk about sex. Do you think it served to help the story? Too
much? Too little?? A bit more descriptive (graphic) than necessary?
10) Could you tell a difference between the true elements of the book and
the fictional elements?
a) Were there any of the plot lines or events that you’d like to ask the author if they were real?
b) The Klan?
c) The wedding?
d) The Hurricane?
e) Ask him: batthumphreys@deadweight.us
11) You’re aware there’s an effort by the author for a posthumous pardon for Nealy.
Have you signed the petition at www.deadweight.us?
12) Are you interested in reading more books from this author??
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