Throw me to the wolves
McGuinness, Patrick2019
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A young woman has been murdered, and a neighbour, a retired teacher from Chapleton College, is arrested. An eccentric loner - intellectual, shy, a fastidious dresser with expensive tastes - he is the perfect candidate for a media monstering. In custody he is interviewed by two detectives: the smart-talking, quick-witted Gary, and his watchful colleague, Ander. Ander is always watchful, but particularly now, because the man across the table is his former teacher - Michael Wolphram - whom he hasn't seen in nearly 30 years. As the novel proceeds, we watch Wolphram's media lynching as ex-pupils and colleagues line up to lie about him. In parallel, we read Ander's memories of his life as a young Dutch boy in 80s England. Another outsider, another loner in a school system rife with abuse and bullying, Ander has another case to solve: the cold case of his own childhood.
Main title:
Throw me to the wolves / Patrick McGuinness.
Author:
McGuinness, Patrick, author
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2019.
Collation:
329 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781787331464 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6113.C483
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2441945