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Sep 19, 2013 · Six friends play a game of dares at Oxford University that turns into a nightmare. Fourteen years later, they must face the consequences of their actions in this dark and twisty novel.
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- Christopher J. Yates
Black Chalk is the debut novel by English author Christopher J. Yates published in 2013 by Harvill Secker. It was named a 'Best Book of the Year' by NPR in 2015. [1] Set between the University of Oxford and New York City where the author both studied and where he now lives.
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- Christopher J. Yates
Aug 4, 2015 · Yates, a crossword puzzle maker himself, sets clues firmly in place, moves back and forth in time and throws in surprises at every turn. Black Chalk is an engrossing literary guessing game.” ―BBC.com. “An inventive and intricate psychological puzzle thriller that mystifies, torments, disturbs, beguiles . . .
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Aug 5, 2015 · Black Chalk is a story about students at the fictional Pitt College at Oxford — six of them, freshers all, five Brits of varying tempers and varying levels of damage, and one American exchange...
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Black Chalk. by Christopher J. Yates. Critics' Opinion: Readers' rating: Not Yet Rated. Published Apr 2014. 352 pages. Genre: Thrillers. Publication Information. Debut. Rate this book. Buy This Book. About this book. Summary. Book Summary. One game. Six students. Five survivors. It was only ever meant to be a game.
Christopher J. Yates - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) External links. References. Christopher J. Yates is a British-American fiction writer and the author of two novels, Black Chalk (2013) and Grist Mill Road (2018). Black Chalk was first published in the UK by Harvill Secker in September 2013 and in the US by Picador in August 2015.
Aug 4, 2015 · NAMED A MUST READ BY THE BOSTON GLOBE, BBC.COM, AND NEW YORK POST. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR. A compulsively readable psychological thriller set in New York and at Oxford University in which a group of six students play an elaborate game of dares and consequences with tragic result.
- Christopher J. Yates