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Daily Express, June 16 2006
'A delicious black comedy...a clever story of obsession and revenge, with a spectacular final twist'
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The eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of CHOCOLAT
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic story telling and complex plots to tax the mind,
By A Common Reader "Committed to reading" (Sussex, England) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 50 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Gentlemen & Players (Paperback)
Gentlemen and Players is a wonderful book which convinced me that nobody does plots, intrigues and denouements better than Joanne Harris. On the face of it, this is a straightforward story, of the jealous son of a pirvate school caretaker, who infiltrates himself into the school by stealing bits of uniform and surruptiously taking part in sports and games, and later lessons. However, this turns out to be a tale of high drama, as a number of years later, the school suffers various calamities which threaten its very existence.
The characters are very well drawn - Roy Straitley, the aging classics master is perhaps the key character and so much of the story revolves around his slightly embittered and cynical personality. Roy has seen it all before, and yet events take even him by surprise and he turns out to be a key player in the unfolding drama. But all the characterisations are strong, and several weeks after reading the book, I find it easy to remember the parts played by the various "gentlemen and players". This is a "mystery" book - at its core is a complex story with an unpredictable ending. I recommend this book to anyone who likes a great story, and the feeling of being so absorbed in a book that you want to go on reading it at a single sitting.
69 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
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Fantastic book! I couldn't put it down!,
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This review is from: Gentlemen & Players (Paperback)
I was recommended this book by my wife who has read all of her books! Eventually I took up the challenge and was completely absorbed by the brilliant characters! The book is written from a dual narrative perspective and manages to switch from one to the other without losing the thread - it is a real testament to the quality of the writing that I was desperate to find out what was going to happen from both narrative views. Add to this the fact that the book has unexpected developments that hit you at precisely the right time and have you thumbing back through what you've read for clues. I read this book incredibly quickly and am still thinking about the way it all panned out.In short this is an incredibly good book, very readable and keeps your interest at every page. It has a wry humour despite some extremely dark human behaviour! I would recommend this book to anyone. I enjoyed it so much even though it made my wife extremely smug to be proved right! I now want to read her other books - apparently one is written from the perspective of a bottle of wine!! If she can pull that off then she is, indeed, an exceptionally talented writer!
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A definite must-read.,
By Lucas Levin (London, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gentlemen & Players (Paperback)
At first when reading this book, I believed it to be rather banal. However, this opinion soon changed after the first few chapters. The book draws you in as it takes you and the characters down a path of suspicion, away from the hinted truth. The ingenious twists and turns are what set this book apart from other thrillers. This grippingly inventive novel shows just how superb a writer Joanne Harris truly is.
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