num_pages: 195
description: At one prestigious American public school, the boys like to emphasise their democratic ideals -the only acknowledged snobbery is literary snobbery. Once a term, a big name from the literary world visits and a contest takes place. The boys have to submit a piece of writing and the winner receives a private audience with the
language: English
title: Old School
titlecomplete: Old School
genres: Fiction, American, Coming Of Age, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Boarding School, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 12740
places: North East
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver), awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc