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Gentlemen and Players: A Novel (P.S.)
by Joanne Harris
from Harper Perennial

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Great twist ending, medicore plot
  This book was recommended to me in my discussion forum about books with twist or surprise endings. I thought that the end was great, I didn't see it coming at all. However, the book reminded me of Seinfeld, it just wasn't about anything. It's very narrative and descriptive where I would have preferred more action less talk. However, if you like books like that this one would be perfect.

• Great story
  This is a great book. I thought the writing was superb The ending had a nice little twist, not too predictable.

• Smart, British Grammar School Mystery
  "Gentlemen and Players" may not be the best known of Joanne Harris's works, "Chocolat" undoubtedly holds that title, but this novel is a riveting story worthy of praise for its intelligence and ingenuity. Centered around the public (private for those of us in the US) St. Oswald's grammar school for boys where things begin to go terribly wrong - and we are not talking paper airplanes and spit balls disorder, more like school for scandal.
  As the school, and surrounding town, attempt to come to grips with... more info

• A labryinth of unexpected twists and turns
  One knows either a very good book or a very poor book has been found if the reading time is short. This book certainly falls into the former camp.
  Harris leads the reader through a winding maze of suspicions and hypotheses. Just when you think you've found the path, one can almost hear Harris' quiet snicker as you have reached a dead end. The chess metaphor between the school and the "mole" is aptly portrayed as each side is consistently trying to guess the other's move.
  To summarize, Gentlemen... more info

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