![]() The blurb says it’s set in Yorkshire but I think that’s more based on the fact that Harris worked at Leeds Grammar School rather than anything within the story itself. Gentlemen and Players is a dark psychological thriller set in a grammar school, St Oswald’s, somewhere in the North of England. It took me longer to read Gentlemen and Players than it should have and I only finished it a couple of days ago so this review is full of unprocessed thoughts. Harbouring dark ties to the school’s past, this young teacher has arrived with one terrible goal: to destroy St. ![]() He is joined this term by five new faculty members, including one who holds intimate and dangerous knowledge of St. But this year the wind of unwelcome change is blowing, and Straitley is finally contemplating retirement. Oswald’s Grammar School for Boys, groomed for success by the likes of Roy Straitley, the eccentric Classics teacher who has been a fixture there for more than thirty years. ![]() ![]() Summary: For generations, privileged young men have attended St. ![]()
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