White Devil
by:
Justin Evans (author)
An elite public school. An outsider. Rumours of a haunting' Fleeing expulsion and the death of a close friend, Andrew Taylor is sent by his father to spend his final year at the prestigious public school Harrow. It is an eccentric place, a rambling ancient building filled with the sons of the...
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An elite public school. An outsider. Rumours of a haunting' Fleeing expulsion and the death of a close friend, Andrew Taylor is sent by his father to spend his final year at the prestigious public school Harrow. It is an eccentric place, a rambling ancient building filled with the sons of the rich and famous. Shortly after he arrives, the other pupils notice Andrew's striking resemblance to Lord Byron, a former pupil of Harrow, and Andrew is persuaded to play Byron in the forthcoming school play. This is where his troubles begin. Before long Andrew senses a malevolent presence. His fellow Harrovians joke about 'The Lot Ghost' but when a classmate dies, the haunting becomes all too real. Soon another classmate falls ill and Andrew discovers old letters hidden in a bricked-up basement. Aided by his housemaster Piers Fawkes - a once famous poet turned alcoholic - Andrew realises he must discover the secret history behind the letters to prevent further deaths'
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780297865919 (0297865919)
Publish date: October 1st 2011
Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Horror,
Gothic,
Supernatural,
Ghosts
So far the book "White Devil" starts out slow and very explanatory. It's about an American boy (Andrew) who is shipped off by his father to an all-boys English School to make right with his past decisions. With the school's extremely strict rules, Andrew's father believes the school will set Andrew ...
I loved Justin Evans' A Good And Happy Child - loved it - so I was rather enthused to read this one. Sure, I wasn't too struck on the blurb, but that was true of his other book and that turned out to be great. This one, not so much. Part of it is not the fault of the book: I am hypersensitised t...
Andrew Taylor is on his last chance. Caught at his school in America with drugs he's now in Harrow, an English Boarding School trying to fit in. As a strange coincidence he resembles Byron and he finds that there's a mystery he needs to solve to lay a ghost to rest. It took a while for this to ge...
I like slow and gothic. What I don't understand in the logic of this book are the following quibbles-1. A poet writing a play about Bryon has only a small volume of select poetry? You can find paperback versions of the complete poems.2. An American boy who went to a very liberal school that celebr...
A thoroughly ordinary Gothic mystery. It hits all of its marks and acquits itself nicely - but it doesn't bring anything new to the table. If you're looking for a reliable ghost story, you could do a lot worse - but this book doesn't have anything that demands your attention. Read it in October -...