by Joanne Harris
The place is St Oswald's, an old and long-established boys' grammar school in the north of England. A new year has just begun, and 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,...
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