Friendship, murder, revenge, and class conflict collide in an upper-crust English school.
A harrowing tale of cat and mouse told in alternating voices, this riveting, hypnotically atmospheric novel showcases Joanne Harris\'s astonishing storytelling talent as never before..
But the old man faces a formidable opponent--a master player with a strategy that has been meticulously planned to the final move.
Ozzie\'s ruin.
With the school unraveling, only Straitley stands in the way of St.
Beginning as small annoyances--a lost pen, a misplaced coffee mug--they soon escalate to the life threatening.
As the new term gets underway, a number of incidents befall students and faculty alike.
Oswald\'s.
Harboring dark ties to the school\'s past, this young teacher has arrived with one terrible goal: Destroy St.
Ozzie\'s ways and secrets, it\'s comforts and conceits.
He is joined in this, his 99th, term by five new faculty members, including one who--unknown to Straitley and everyone else--holds intimate and dangerous knowledge of St.
Suits, paperwork, and Information Technology rule the world, and Straitley is reluctantly contemplating retirement.
But this year, things are different.
Oswald\'s School for Boys, groomed for success by the likes of Roy Straitley, the eccentric classics teacher who has been a revered fixture for more than 30 years.
For generations, elite young men have attended St.
To dare, to strive, to conquer.
Ripley Audere, agere, auferre.
The New York Times bestselling author takes a riveting new direction with this richly textured, multi-layered novel of friendship, murder, revenge, and class conflict set in an upper-crust English school--as enthralling and haunting as Ian McKewan\'s Atonement and Patricia Highsmith\'s The Talented Mr.
As a new term gets under way, a number of annoying incidents befall students and faculty, escalating to murder.
Friendship, murder, revenge, and class conflict collide in an upper-crust English school
