Gentlemen & Players

At St Oswald"s, an old and long-established boys" grammar school in the north of England, a new year has just begun. For the staff and boys of the school, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the world; and Roy Straitley, Latin master, eccentric, and veteran of St Oswald"s, is finally - reluctantly - contemplating retirement. . .But beneath the little rivalries, petty disputes and everyday crises of the school, a darker undercurrent stirs. And a bitter grudge, hidden and carefully nurtured for thirteen years, is about to erupt. Обо всём этом и не только в книге Gentlemen & Players (Joanne Harris).