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There are particular ironies involved in knowing that a story is going to end in misery and having to watch the detailed working out. We know from the beginning that terrible things happened at Kirkston Abbey, a 1950s public school, things so terrible that they gave a bishop a nervous breakdown--but by the time they actually happen we have learned to care about the people they happen to. As the narrator explains, it all begins with an act of kindness--aloof Rokeby helps sensitive Palmer with his Latin translation; two loners find a friendship that gets them through the bullying of boys and teachers. Those to whom evil is done, however, do evil in return, particularly once they get hold of a Ouija board, and what starts as resistance to oppression becomes a nightmare of vindictiveness and arbitrary destruction. Redmond has a real sense of the claustrophobic--the school is a Bad Place and the decade in which it exists is another--and is good on the social dynamics of scapegoating and bullying. This is an impressive first novel partly because it trades so successfully in ambiguities and partly because it is so painful. This is a novel about corruption, and a terrifying one. --Roz Kaveney --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Kirkston Abbey is no place for the weak. Standing stark against the Norfolk sky, its aim is conformity and control; its rules harsh, its disciple savage. Its traditions, imbued with the weight of years, crush individuality to ensure the survival of the whole.
There are particular ironies involved in knowing that a story is going to end in misery and having to watch the detailed working out. We know from the beginning that terrible things happened at Kirkston Abbey, a 1950s public school, things so terrible that they gave a bishop a nervous breakdown--but by the time they actually happen we have learned to care about the people they happen to. As the narrator explains, it all begins with an act of kindness--aloof Rokeby helps sensitive Palmer with his Latin translation; two loners find a friendship that gets them through the bullying of boys and teachers. Those to whom evil is done, however, do evil in return, particularly once they get hold of a Ouija board, and what starts as resistance to oppression becomes a nightmare of vindictiveness and arbitrary destruction. Redmond has a real sense of the claustrophobic--the school is a Bad Place and the decade in which it exists is another--and is good on the social dynamics of scapegoating and bullying. This is an impressive first novel partly because it trades so successfully in ambiguities and partly because it is so painful. This is a novel about corruption, and a terrifying one. --Roz Kaveney --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Kirkston Abbey is no place for the weak. Standing stark against the Norfolk sky, its aim is conformity and control; its rules harsh, its disciple savage. Its traditions, imbued with the weight of years, crush individuality to ensure the survival of the whole.
To 14-year-old Jonathon Palmer, it is a prison; a world in which he feels threatened and powerless. When he is offered the chance of escape, in the guise of an unexpected and exhilarating friendship,he accepts it gladly.
But all is not as it seems. In combining his frustrations with a nature that is far more intense and destructive than his own, Jonathon is unleashing forces more powerful than he can ever hope to control ...
In the bleak winter term of 1954 something terrible happened at Kirkston Abbey school for boys. Now, more than 40 years later, journalist Tim Webber thinks he's found the key to uncovering the truth. But is he prepared to live with consequences?
The Wishing Game is a wonderfully compelling and sinister psychological thriller, which brilliantly captures the claustrophobic atmosphere of a single-sex boarding school during the repressive 1950s.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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