Synopsis
Stephen Maxwell has just retired from a lifetime spent teaching history at his alma mater. As he writes the official history of Blake's, a minor public school steeped in military tradition, he also reveals how, forty years ago, a secret conflict dating from the Second World War re-enacted itself among staff and pupils, when fascism once more made its presence...
Details
10 August 2017320 pages
9780330543545Imprint: Picador
Reviews
The sense of regretfully looking back through fading autumn sunlight on a life not really lived is wonderfully doneDaily Mail
A compelling narrative . . . O'Brien is an acclaimed poet and his second novel is stylish and controlledSunday Times
O'Brien's literary thriller is elegant, atmospheric and topical, with a dash of wry humourMail on Sunday
