![]() ![]() ![]() For the originality of author Harris lies in her level of misdirection. In fact, this pretty much describes British schoolboy novels of the last fifty years. The plot consists of the modern day struggles of a five hundred year old school to continue to exist, the tensions between the faculty and the administrators, and the frequent chasms between the adults and the boys, all packed in a stew of angst, maybe homosexual and maybe not, cruelty to humans and to animals, and some murders. ![]() Again, not particularly original, but perfectly right. Oswald's, with a discouraging parade of insufficient administrators, annoying parents, physical staff from the lower social strata of the town, and a motley crew of fourteenish boy students, fourteen being a stunningly motley age. The characters are what we expect in this setting: a range of faculty members, mostly of long-standing at St. It's a great setting but not a particularly original one for this drama. Starting with the basics, the setting is a private English boy's school in North Yorkshire roughly between the years of 19. Most seem to categorize DIFFERENT CLASS as a psychological thriller, which in many basic ways it is, but that description is smothered in the most manipulative structure of misdirection I've come across in a very long time. But Harris fans will already know what sort of ride they are in for and be champing at the bit to tear into it. DIFFERENT CLASS by well-known and popular author Joanne Harris is not for the lazy reader. ![]()
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