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The Headmaster´s Wife
Thomas Christopher Greene
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Description for The Headmaster´s Wife
Paperback. A haunting novel of obsession and betrayal, told from the perspective of a man who may have committed an horrific act of violence: The Secret History meets Before I Go to Sleep. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Arthur Winthrop is a middle-aged headmaster at an elite prep school in Vermont. When he is arrested for an act that is incredibly out of character, the strait-laced, married headmaster confesses to a much more serious crime.
Arthur reveals that he has had a passionate affair with a scholarship student called Betsy Pappas. But Betsy is a fickle and precocious teenager. When she switches her attentions to a classmate, Arthur's passion for Betsy turns, by degrees, into something far darker. Now Arthur must tell the truth about what happened to Betsy. But can Arthur's version of events be ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
333g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782391715
SKU
V9781782391715
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About Thomas Christopher Greene
Thomas Christopher Greene was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts. Tom has worked in a staple factory; as an oyster shucker; as a speechwriter and spokesperson for a presidential campaign; as the director of public affairs for two colleges; and as a professor of writing and literature. In 2006, Tom founded the Vermont College of Fine Arts, a top ... Read more
Reviews for The Headmaster´s Wife
A truly remarkable novel. I read the second half of The Headmaster's Wife with my mouth open, my jaw having dropped at the end of the first. Thomas Christopher Greene knows how to hook a reader and land him
Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of EMPIRE FALLS An accomplished and artful storyteller, Greene has surprises in store as he ... Read more
Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of EMPIRE FALLS An accomplished and artful storyteller, Greene has surprises in store as he ... Read more