For almost two years, the Cityline Book Club has been your source for all things literary. Full of in-depth author interviews, book reviews and features, plus giveaways for our book-loving viewers at home, we love being the online destination for your bookish needs. And because we here at Cityline are avid readers and we love discussing our new favourite reads in between in-studio tapings and on-location shoots, we decided to take our book love to the next level…with an actual book club!

For our very first book, our Cityline staff will be reading Will Ferguson’s 419 (Penguin Canada) – and we want you to read along with us! Here’s the book’s synopsis:

A car tumbles down a snowy ravine. Accident or suicide?

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On the other side of the world, a young woman walks out of a sandstorm in sub-Saharan Africa. In the labyrinth of the Niger Delta, a young boy learns to survive by navigating through the gas flares and oil spills of a ruined landscape. In the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the internet looking for victims.

Lives intersect, worlds collide, a family falls apart. And it all begins with a single email: “Dear Sir, I am the son of an exiled Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help …”

419 takes readers behind the scene of the world’s most insidious internet scam. When Laura’s father gets caught up in one such swindle and pays with his life, she is forced to leave the comfort of North America to make a journey deep into the dangerous back streets and alleyways of the Lagos underworld to confront her father’s killer. What she finds there will change her life forever…

We’re so excited to start reading this Giller-award-winning novel, and we hope you’ll read along with us! Want a copy? We have 5 copies to give away to some lucky readers, courtesy of Penguin Canada! To enter for your chance to win, tell us about your last great read in the comments below!

Over the next six weeks, we’ll be sharing tons of great features about the novel and the author, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at our office discussion of the book! So go out and grab your copy, and get reading! We can’t wait to discuss with you!