Daytime Book Discussion On Googal Play

The Daytime Book Group at C.H. Booth Library will discuss Nikolai Googol’s play Inspector General on Monday, May 14, at 1 pm.

The Inspector General is a short comedy parodying rampant low-level corruption in Russian towns at the time the play was written (1836). The officials of a small town are terrified when they learn that a government inspector is being sent to visit undercover to make sure everything is running as it should.

Due to their fear, they quickly conclude that Hlestakov, a badly-in-debt guest at a local inn, is in fact that inspector. Hilarity ensues, as the officials fall all over themselves to show Hlestakov the town and convince him that they are doing their jobs in a most upstanding manner.

Newcomers are always welcome to join the group.

The library, at 25 Main Street, can be reached for additional information by calling 426-4533.

The next Daytime Book Discussion, on June 11, will cover Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates.