Bottom Book Club | O Sinners!

Join us for our next book club, where we'll dive into O Sinners! by Nicole Cuffy. The Bottom Book Club will gather on February 19th from 6-8pm at Ebony & Ivory Brewing. You can purchase the book in-store, on this event page, or online through Bookshop.org.

About O Sinners!

After the death of his father, Faruq Zaidi, a young journalist, takes the opportunity to embed himself in a mysterious cult known as “the nameless” based in the California redwoods with strikingly beautiful members who adhere to the 18 Utterances, including teachings such as “all suffering is distortion” and “see only beauty.”  “The nameless” is shepherded by Odo, an enigmatic Vietnam War veteran who received “the sight”—the movement's foundational principles—during his time as an infantryman. In flashbacks to Odo’s time in Vietnam that recount the cult’s origins, we see four soldiers contend with the war and their responsibilities to each other,…