description: For generations, elite young men have attended St. 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 30 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 or St. Oswald's ways and secrets. Harboring dark ties to the school's past, this young teacher has arrived with one terrible goal: destroy St. Oswald's. Told in alternating voices, Gentlemen &amp; Players is a riveting, hypnotically atmospheric novel of suspense that showcases Joanne Harris's astonishing storytelling talent.
language: English
title: Gentlemen & Players
titlecomplete: Gentlemen & Players
characters: Roy Straitley
genres: Thriller, Academia, Crime, Suspense, Adult, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, British Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 17556
series: Malbry
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: BBC Audiobooks