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Gentlemen & Players is a psychological thriller by Joanne Harris about a grammar school in the North of England. It follows the events of a saboteur who targets the school with a series of pranks and crimes, and the Classics master who tries to stop him.
- Joanne Harris
- 2005
Oct 1, 2005 · A new teacher with a dark past threatens to destroy St. Oswald's Grammar School for Boys, a prestigious British institution. The veteran Classics teacher Roy Straitley tries to stop him in this cat-and-mouse game of chess and revenge.
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A classic British school story with a twist of mystery and revenge. Roy Straitley, a long-serving teacher at St Oswald's, faces a series of strange and malicious incidents that threaten his career and the school's reputation.
Oct 13, 2009 · A thriller set in an elite English school, where a new teacher seeks to destroy its traditions and secrets. Read the book description, reviews, highlights, and author information on Amazon.com.
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Gentlemen and Players is a UK-based company that produces hand crafted caps, blazers, ties, sweaters and cricket equipment. It also supplies sports clubs, schools, universities and governing bodies with bespoke designs and quality products.
Dec 26, 2006 · 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. Ripley. Audere, agere, auferre.
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A former teacher writes a thriller set in a boys' grammar school in the north of England, where a dark secret from the past threatens to explode. Learn about the inspiration, the characters and the background of this novel by the author of Chocolat.