Old School
by Tobias Wolff
Taste attributes: dramateenslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agetroubled leadsempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeSerious and original: a stirring novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About This Book
The author of the genre-defining memoir This Boy's Life, the PEN/Faulkner Award--winning novella The Barracks Thief, and short stories acclaimed as modern classics, Tobias Wolff now gives us his first novel.Determined to fit in at his New England prep school, the narrator has learned to mimic the bearing and manners of his adoptive tribe while concealing as much as possible about himself.
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- Author
- Tobias Wolff
- Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 208
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- Open Library
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