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Yates's fifth novel chronicles the decline of a mediocre and financially insolvent New England boarding school during the years of World War II. William Grove--son of divorced parents--undergoes a painful childhood made worse by the torments of the boarding school boy. Years later, as an adult, he looks back sadly on his childhood and on the Dorset School, and tries to forgive everyone involved, including himself.
| Size | | Length: | 178 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 6.4 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Bittersweet, elegiac, A GOOD SCHOOL is Richard Yates's gentlest book, the one in which he shows the most overt love and pity for his people. The loneliness and yearning of Yates's adolescents and even his few adults comes through beautifully, and there's that same sense of innocence tested, that same compassion that kept THE EASTER PARADE from turning savage."
(10/01/1999)
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