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The protagonist of Tobias Wolff's shrewdly-and at times devastatingly-observed first novel is a boy at an elite prep school in 1960. He is an outsider who has learned to mimic the negligent manner of his more privileged classmates. Like many of them, he wants more than anything on earth to become a writer. But to do that he must first learn to tell the truth about himself. The agency of revelation is the school literary contest, whose winner will be awarded an audience with the most legendary writer of his time. As the fever of competition infects the boy and his classmates, fraying alliances, exposing weaknesses, Old School explores the ensuing deceptions and betrayals with an unblinking eye and a bottomless store of empathy. The result is further evidence that Wolff is an authentic American master.
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- PublisherKnopf
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1402576412
- ISBN 13 9781402576416
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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ISBN 13: 9781402576416
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN 1402576412. Hardback. Large print edition. Very good plus condition book in a Very good plus condition dustjacket, except for inside jacket flaps affixed with magic tape to covers. (Jacket is in brodart, so tape does not touch actual jacket, covers are glossy pictorial boards.) Tight, sound, unmarked copy. Seller Inventory # 98148005
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