{"product_id":"gentlemen-and-players-9780060559151","title":"Gentlemen and Players","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe New York Times bestselling author takes a riveting new direction with this richly textured, multi-layered novel of friendship, murder, revenge, and class conflict set in an upper-crust English school--as enthralling and haunting as Ian McKewan's Atonement and Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAudere, agere, auferre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo dare, to strive, to conquer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor generations, elite young men have attended St. Oswald's School for Boys, groomed for success by the likes of Roy Straitley, the eccentric classics teacher who has been a revered fixture for more than 30 years. But this year, things are different. Suits, paperwork, and Information Technology rule the world, and Straitley is reluctantly contemplating retirement. He is joined in this, his 99th, term by five new faculty members, including one who--unknown to Straitley and everyone else--holds intimate and dangerous knowledge of St. Ozzie's ways and secrets, it's comforts and conceits. Harboring dark ties to the school's past, this young teacher has arrived with one terrible goal: Destroy St. Oswald's. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As the new term gets underway, a number of incidents befall students and faculty alike. Beginning as small annoyances--a lost pen, a misplaced coffee mug--they soon escalate to the life threatening. With the school unraveling, only Straitley stands in the way of St. Ozzie's ruin. But the old man faces a formidable opponent--a master player with a strategy that has been meticulously planned to the final move.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A harrowing tale of cat and mouse told in alternating voices, this riveting, hypnotically atmospheric novel showcases Joanne Harris's astonishing storytelling talent as never before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060559151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e111425 \/ Gentlemen \u0026amp; Players: A Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarris, Joanne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoanne Harris is the author of seven previous novels--\u003cem\u003eChocolat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlackberry Wine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFive Quarters of the Orange\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCoastliners\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHoly Fools\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSleep\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePale Sister\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGentlemen \u0026amp; Players\u003c\/em\u003e; a short story collection, \u003cem\u003eJigs \u0026amp; Reels\u003c\/em\u003e; and two cookbook\/memoirs, \u003cem\u003eMy French Kitchen\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe French Market\u003c\/em\u003e. Half French and half British, she lives in England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43099432714355,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e615f5ab-c37e-455f-8719-056f3c4a12ea.jpg?v=1748699492","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/gentlemen-and-players-9780060559151","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}