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Imprint: Black Swan
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Published: 05/06/2006
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ISBN: 9780552770026
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Length: 512 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 32mm x 127mm
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Weight: 346g
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RRP: £8.99
At St Oswald's, a long-established boys' grammar school in the north of England, a new year has just begun. For the staff and boys of the school, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the world; and Roy Straitley, the eccentric veteran Latin master, is finally - reluctantly - contemplating retirement.
But beneath the little rivalries, petty disputes and everyday crises of the school, a darker undercurrent stirs. And a bitter grudge, hidden and carefully nurtured for thirteen years, is about to erupt.
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Imprint: Black Swan
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Published: 05/06/2006
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ISBN: 9780552770026
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Length: 512 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 32mm x 127mm
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Weight: 346g
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RRP: £8.99
Reviews
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"[A] gripping psychological thriller... Harris is one of our most accomplished novelists and Gentlemen & Players, with its pace, wit and acute observation, shows her at the top of her form"
DAILY EXPRESS
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"[A] delicious black comedy ... the plot is so cleverly constructed, the tension so unflagging, you'd think she'd been writing thrillers all her life"
DAILY MAIL
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"With a lightness of touch, Harris illuminates just how resentment of privilege and exclusion can lead to violent resolutions... Marvellously mischievous"
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
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"[A] clever story of obsession and revenge... Ms Harris has scored another success"
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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"A classic whodunnit with the characters carefully crafted and the tension at a knife edge"
SUNDAY EXPRESS (TOP TEN FICTION 2005)
