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‘A gripping psychological thriller . . . Harris is considered one of our so much accomplished novelists and Gentlemen & Players, with its pace, wit and acute statement, shows her on the top of her form’ (DAILY EXPRESS)
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At St Oswald’s, a long-established boys’ grammar school within the north of England, a new year has just begun. For the body of workers and boys of the varsity, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the sector; and Roy Straitley, the eccentric veteran Latin master, is in the end – reluctantly – contemplating retirement.

But beneath the little rivalries, petty disputes and on a regular basis crises of the varsity, a darker undercurrent stirs. And a bitter grudge, hidden and carefully nurtured for thirteen years, is about to erupt.

‘A gripping psychological thriller . . . Harris is considered one of our so much accomplished novelists and Gentlemen & Players, with its pace, wit and acute statement, shows her on the top of her form’ (DAILY EXPRESS)
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At St Oswald’s, a long-established boys’ grammar school within the north of England, a new year has just begun. For the body of workers and boys of the varsity, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the sector; and Roy Straitley, the eccentric veteran Latin master, is in the end – reluctantly – contemplating retirement.

But beneath the little rivalries, petty disputes and on a regular basis crises of the varsity, a darker undercurrent stirs. And a bitter grudge, hidden and carefully nurtured for thirteen years, is about to erupt.