Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American ficiton as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer. In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New England prep school. At once a meditation on the twilight of youth and an examination of America's entry into World War II, A Good School tells the stories of William Grove, the quiet boy who becomes an editor of the school newspaper; Jack Draper, a crippled chemistry teacher; and Edith Stone, the schoolmaster's young daughter, who falls in love with most celebrated boy in the class of 1943.
A Good School: A Novel
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Author: Yates, Richard
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780312420390
Details:
Author: Yates, Richard
Brand: St. Martins Press-3PL
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 192
Release Date: 07-12-2001
Part Number: black & white illustrations
Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches Languages: English