Passion Play - Softcover

Blain, W. Edward

3.7

40 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380714507 ISBN 13: 9780380714506

Publisher: Avon Books, 1991

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One by one students and faculty at the Montpelier School for Boys are murdered, and Benjamin Warden, chairman of the English department, is determined to find the killer

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About the Author:

W. Edward Blain, author of Passion Play and Love Cools, is the chairman of the English department at Woodberry Forest School in Virginia.

Review:

“Blain reverentially works events and themes from Othello into Passion Play. Jealousy, lust, racial prejudice, the betrayal of friends―and yes, even a handkerchief―figure in the plot. Blain creates a rich, claustrophobic world where reputations and even lives might be lost at a student mixer or faculty tea.”
- Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

“In this outstanding first novel, a murder in New York City appears linked to the suspicious death of a student at the Montpelier School for Boys. The author skillfully creates a mystery superior to most, endowing teachers, sports coaches, the boys and their girlfriends with an unforgettable reality.”
- Publishers Weekly

“Passion with its power for destruction is Blain’s theme in his gripping first novel. Blain keeps the reader guessing as he deftly shifts points of view and suspicion from one character to the next. An exciting and thought-provoking debut.”
- Booklist (starred)

“Touching and thoughtful, sensitive and suspenseful. The on-target dialogue is full of humor; the author offers a depth of characterization of faculty and wives and adolescents.”
- The San Francisco Chronicle

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