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A review by bagpuss_janet
Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
5.0
The story is told by two narrators - Roy Straitley, (signified by a white chess piece - a king), old-school Latin master who has done 99 terms at St Oswald’s, and will get his name on the Centenarians board once he’s completed his 100th, and an anonymous person whose father was once the school’s porter (signified by a black pawn).
The narrative switches between the present and 15 years earlier, when the unidentified narrator became resentful of St Oswald's because they had to attend the local and very rough and unpleasant comprehensive school.
There is a twist in the tale, which I really didn’t see coming!
The narrative switches between the present and 15 years earlier, when the unidentified narrator became resentful of St Oswald's because they had to attend the local and very rough and unpleasant comprehensive school.
There is a twist in the tale, which I really didn’t see coming!