description: For generations, elite young men have attended Saint Oswald s School for Boys, groomed for success by the likes of Roy Straitley, the eccentric classics teacher who has been a revered fixture for more than thirty years. Contemplating retirement, he is joined this term by five new faculty members, including one who unknown to Straitley and everyone else holds intimate and dangerous knowledge of Saint Oswald s ways and secrets. Harboring dark ties to the school s past, this young teacher has arrived with one terrible goal: to destroy Saint Oswald s.Told in alternating voices, "Gentlemen &amp; Players" is a riveting, hypnotically atmospheric novel of suspense that showcases Joanne Harris astonishing storytelling talent."
language: English
title: Gentlemen & Players
titlecomplete: Gentlemen & Players
characters: Roy Straitley
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, British Literature, Mystery Thriller, Adult, Contemporary, Crime, Suspense, Academia
ratings_count: 17559
series: Malbry
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: BBC Audiobooks