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ISBN10: 1448200520, ISBN13: 9781448200528, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London] Softcover Paperback. This semi-autobiographical work tells the story of Gordon Caruthers' schooldays at the English public school, Fenhurst. From his confusion and isolation, through rebellious school escapades and relationships with fellow students, Alec Waugh reveals his own deep criticism of a system forcing pupils to conform to flawed ideals, and the inevitable consequences of thrusting thirteen year old children and eighteen year old adolescents together. The book caused a storm of controversy at the time and was banned in many schools. Today it can be rightly seen as a controversial comment on public school life, and a classic. If the modern reader, after turning a page or two, finds his attention held and wants to go on reading, it will mean that this book has become at last what in fact it was always meant to be - a realistic but romantic story of healthy adolescence set against the background of an average English public school. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
[Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2012]
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