Title: You're missing out on something great!
Product review: Tobias Wolff is a master at writing about boarding school. A product of one himself, Old School is set in the milieu of a prep school in the 1960?s, where literature is an important part of school life. The book centers around a competition in which seniors submit pieces of fiction to win an audience with a famous author. The narrator is so taken up with this that he does not acknowledge anything around him. And so, finally, in an effort to win an audience with Ernest Hemmingway, he commits the worst of all scholastic sins- plagiarism.This slim volume chronicles plagiarism and integrity at many levels. It is sparse, and brings home its message clearly and succinctly. It deals with the theme of memory as well, and the ways in which character is formed. A must-read book.
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