Title: gentlemen and players (Keywords) and Author: harris (Keywords)

Set in a long-established boys' grammar school in the north of England. A new year has just begun, and for staff and the boys, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Beneath the rivalries, disputes and crises of the school, a darker undercurrent stirs.

Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the world and Roy Straitley, Latin master, eccentric, and veteran of St Oswald's, is finally - reluctantly - contemplating retirement. But beneath the little rivalries, petty disputes and everyday crises of the school, a darker undercurrent stirs. ...

Set in an old, long-established boys' grammar school in the north of England. A new year has just begun, and for the staff and boys, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Beneath the little rivaries, petty disputes and everyday crises of the school, a darker undercurrent stirs.