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Description for A Good School
Paperback. 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. This work presents a tale of adolescence, slightly reminiscent of "Catcher in the Rye". Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780413775207
SKU
KAC0000762
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Richard Yates
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.
Reviews for A Good School
'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