A Good School by Richard Yates
"A Good School" follows the adolescent adventures of William Grove, a boy with no father figure (his parents are divorced) who tries to make a man out of himself after he is shipped to a boarding school designed for children who don't fit in. Left to his own devices, without any real encouragement from the school or at home, and after several difficult missteps that nearly cement him as a permanent outcast, William slowly and unknowingly begins to make a name for himself by throwing himself into the only small door he is ever offered - the offices of the school paper. This is a strangely uplifting tale of adolescence, slightly reminiscent of "Catcher in the Rye".
"'Read and weep' Kate Atkinson, Guardian 'The most perceptive author of the 20th Century' The Times 'Spell-binding' Sunday Tribune 'Was there ever a writer who saw so clearly and depicted so faithfully the cracks in this broken world?' Michael Chabon"
Richard Yates was born in 1926 in New York and lived in California. His prize-winning stories began to appear in 1953, and Revolutionary Road, his first novel, was nominated for the National Book Award in 1961. He died in 1992.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780413775207 |
| ISBN 10 | 0413775208 |
| Title | A Good School |
| Author | Richard Yates |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Methuen Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-09-07 |
| Number of pages | 226 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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