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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. One I've been meaning to read for years (I met Joanne Harris years ago in Dublin and have a signed copy of this book as a result).[return][return]A cleverly written thriller, with two distinct voices - those of the Classics tutor, and that of the killer who has returned to St Oswald's school after 15 years to bring retribution over the death of their friend Leon.[return][return]It shows Harris' skill in that you dont really know who the killer is (or even really their sex) until the last few chapters of the book. Well you *do* know, in that they are the child of the school porter 15 years earlier, but who they are now, and who they are pretending to be is not known. ( ) One I've been meaning to read for years (I met Joanne Harris years ago in Dublin and have a signed copy of this book as a result).[return][return]A cleverly written thriller, with two distinct voices - those of the Classics tutor, and that of the killer who has returned to St Oswald's school after 15 years to bring retribution over the death of their friend Leon.[return][return]It shows Harris' skill in that you dont really know who the killer is (or even really their sex) until the last few chapters of the book. Well you *do* know, in that they are the child of the school porter 15 years earlier, but who they are now, and who they are pretending to be is not known. This is a fabulous novel and thriller. St Oswald's is an old and prestigous grammar school for boys. As the fall term commences, trouble begins, at first annoying incidents, then growing more sinister. The classics teacher, Roy Straitley, finds himself in a life and death struggle with a dangerous opponent who has planned this attack for many years. Dark and sinister, but at times intensely funny, this is a great read. Set at a Private School for Boys, a series of escalating pranks that seems to target a language professor who is near retirement, makes a mockery of the school, ultimately ending with murder. This is story told from a couple of viewpoints, the professor, as he comments on the daily life of at the school, from students to new teachers. Than we have the mysterious narrator causing the problems, the who is never named, but a reader quickly realizes its a new faculty member, but which one? This new faculty member is getting revenge for an event that happened years ago and the old language professor is oblivious to it all, not even realizing that he is a victim. I enjoyed reading the story, it took me a bit to figure out the narrators. The different viewpoints were confusing, especially at the beginning. However the writing was well done and the ending was definitely a surprise. Well I really enjoyed this. The book is set in a boys public school, St Oswald's & has two protagonists, an old Classics teacher ( who I adored) and another who had come to enact a revenge on the school, for things that happened a number of years before. The book moves between both times, with chess being used as hints as to what might happen. Characters called Knight, Bishop & the like. I will admit that I did figure out the twist (as twist there must be these days it seems). But it didn't take away my enjoyment of the book & I found myself racing towards the end to see what happened. A recommend from me sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesSt. Oswald's (1) Contenido enPremios
En el prestigioso colegio St. Oswald, en el norte de Inglaterra, acaba de inaugurarse el nuevo curso escolar. Un curso que va a ser especial, ya que las rancias y adormecidas aulas se han visto inundadas de aires de cambio gracias a la incorporación de muchos avances tecnológicos. Los profesores, que siempre habían ejercido su oficio de la forma más tradicional, deberán olvidar los antiguos métodos para adaptarse a los tiempos. Es una renovación que a algunos, como el viejo profesor de latín Roy Straitley, les viene grande. Straitley se siente marginado, no sabe utilizar un ordenador y quizá tenga que plantearse la jubilación, aunque St. Oswald lo haya significado todo en su vida. Pero no será esto lo único que perturbe el ambiente escolar. Bajo las pequeñas rivalidades y discusiones triviales que se dan cada día subyace algo mucho más peligroso: un rencor amargo y profundo, que ha permanecido oculto durante trece años y que está a punto de estallar. Sin quererlo, el profesor Straitley va a ser el detonante y la primera víctima. Porque lo que había comenzado como una broma pesada iba a abrir las puertas al pasado... y a la muerte. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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