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Gentlemen and Players: A Novel
by Joanne Harris
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Gentlemen and Players: A Novel by Joanne Harris
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Joanne Harris, the author of Chocolat, taught for twelve years at a British boys’ school and she sets her latest tale, a thriller, in that milieu. A new teacher at St. Oswald's Grammar School for Boys has joined the staff with the covert intention of destroying the school from within. That saboteur is one of two narrators of the book. The other is Roy Straitley, a longtime Latin teacher and fixture of the school. The suspense is delicious as the two become adversaries in a game of cat and mouse that begins with petty theft and escalates to deadly peril.
