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Loading... Gentlemen and Players: A Novelby Joanne Harris
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Excellent. Had me going to the end. ( )Suspenseful, red herrings, didn't see the fact that the main character was a girl. didn't see this twist coming at all. Slow to start and somewhat confusing at the beginning as we shift from one character to another. Someone has a bitter grudge against St Oswald's School for Boys ... you need to read it to find out who. Harris at her darker. A different twist than in her other books, a book well worth reading. As usual, there is a mystery involved and there are two sides to the story. A fun, fluently written and brilliantly structured novel. Joanne Harris could give lessons to a lot of so-called thriller writers on how to build suspense. no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060559152, Paperback)For generations, privileged young men have attended St. Oswald's Grammar School for Boys, groomed for success by the likes of Roy Straitley, the eccentric Classics teacher who has been a fixture there for more than thirty years. This year, however, the wind of unwelcome change is blowing, and Straitley is finally, reluctantly, contemplating retirement. As the new term gets under way, a number of incidents befall students and faculty alike, beginning as small annoyances but soon escalating in both number and consequence. St. Oswald's is unraveling, and only Straitley stands in the way of its ruin. But he faces a formidable opponent with a bitter grudge and a master strategy that has been meticulously planned to the final, deadly move. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:17 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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