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A masterful psychological thriller, from the author of The Church of Dead Girls. Another bucolic fall in northern New Hampshire, and the semester is under way at Bishop's Hill Academy. But this year the start of school has been less than tranquil. The new headmaster, Jim Hawthorne, has liberal ideas that the staff find far from welcome. He's also determined to do something about the long "tradition" of permanent loans to faculty of shovels, saws, even cars, from the school's supplies. Eloquent as he is on the subject of honor, rumor has it he's only taken this job to escape his past. And Hawthorne isn't the only uneasy newcomer. There's Jessica, a former stripper at fifteen, and Frank LeBrun, a replacement cook who's a bit too quick with a dirty joke. All three have secrets to conceal, memories to suppress. Serene on the surface, the ivy-clad, tree-lined campus gives few clues to the school's history of special privileges, petty corruptions, and hidden allegiances. But as autumn advances, the affable smiles and pretenses of virtue wear thin. And as winter closes in, students, teachers, and staff get an education in savagery and murder. With his customary uncanny awareness of the intricacies of human nature, the acclaimed author of The Church of Dead Girls once again probes the daily life of an ordinary community to reveal the depths of good and evil.… (altro)
El comienzo de clases no fue tranquilo en el exclusivo colegio Bishop`s Hill, de Hampshire. El nuevo director, Jim Hawthorne, es un psicólogo de ideas liberales que el cuerpo docente no quiere aceptar. Está decidido a enfrentar ciertas tradiciones bastante turbias que han puesto al colegio al borde de la crisis. Pero él no es el único recién llegado. Esta también Jessica, una quinceañera que trabaja en un club nocturno, y el ayudante del cocinero, adicto a los chistes groseros. Las apariencias serenas esconden historias de privilegio y corrupción. Pero a medida que el otoño avanza, se hace evidente que algo se oculta detrás de las sonrisas afables. Dobyns ha escrito un thriller psicológico apasionante y aterrador, ambientado en un escenario bucólico donde nada ni nadie es lo que parece. El autor de `La capilla de la muerte` vuelve a poner de relieve los infinitos matices de bondad y maldad de que es capaz la naturaleza humana. ( )
I continue to be impressed at Dobyns's combination of astute psychological realism and 90s thriller movie endings. It's a little disorienting there at the end sometimes, but it makes for an overall compelling read. ( )
Quel disappointment! This books started off really well but ended as a mess. I loved, loved, *loved* Dobyns' The Church of Dead Girls and had high hopes for this one. But despite some flashes of the brilliance evident in "Church," this novel suffered from useless detail and clunky writing. There was a lot of potential in the story of a boarding school for troubled teens and the efforts to drive away the new headmaster, but the characterizations were very weak and some of the dialogue was just laugh-out-loud funny. My disappointment was keener because of the unrealized potential. Rather than harp on all the things wrong with this one, I'll just encourage you to seek out The Church of Dead Girls which remains one of the best suspense novels I've ever read. ( )
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Everything that happens is as normal and expected as the spring rose or summer fruit; this is true of sickness, death, slander, intrigue, and all the other things that entertain or trouble impudent men. -- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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Voor Michael Fischer en Suellen Mayfield
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Als een zwart eilandje op een turkooiskleurige zee dreef de donkere vorm op het wateroppervlak, van onderen belicht door een reeks onderwaterspotlights die met regelmatige tussenruimten in het vijfentwintig meter lange zwembad waren anngebracht.
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Alles wat gebeurt is even gewoon en voorspelbaar als de voorjaarsroos of de zomervrucht: dit geldt voor ziekten, dood, laster, gekonkel en al die andere zaken die onbezonnen lieden amuseren of kwellen - Marcus Aurelius, Persoonlijke notities
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Maar daar moest Leo Flynn niets van hebben en dus keerde hij het hele stel de rug toe en keek naar de donkere lucht, waar nog maar een beetje sneeuw uit viel en waar de maan te voorschijn kwam.
A masterful psychological thriller, from the author of The Church of Dead Girls. Another bucolic fall in northern New Hampshire, and the semester is under way at Bishop's Hill Academy. But this year the start of school has been less than tranquil. The new headmaster, Jim Hawthorne, has liberal ideas that the staff find far from welcome. He's also determined to do something about the long "tradition" of permanent loans to faculty of shovels, saws, even cars, from the school's supplies. Eloquent as he is on the subject of honor, rumor has it he's only taken this job to escape his past. And Hawthorne isn't the only uneasy newcomer. There's Jessica, a former stripper at fifteen, and Frank LeBrun, a replacement cook who's a bit too quick with a dirty joke. All three have secrets to conceal, memories to suppress. Serene on the surface, the ivy-clad, tree-lined campus gives few clues to the school's history of special privileges, petty corruptions, and hidden allegiances. But as autumn advances, the affable smiles and pretenses of virtue wear thin. And as winter closes in, students, teachers, and staff get an education in savagery and murder. With his customary uncanny awareness of the intricacies of human nature, the acclaimed author of The Church of Dead Girls once again probes the daily life of an ordinary community to reveal the depths of good and evil.
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