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by Richard Yates (Author) "At fifteen, Terry Flynn had the face of an angel and the body of a perfect athlete ..." (more)
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"A first class work of the imagination marked by an interest in real history . . . [A Good School] is enriched with many fine touches."—Julian Moynehan, The New York Times Book Review

"[Yates] is an expert . . . This [novel] is acute and poignant."—John Skow, Time

"A graceful and articulate narrative . . . affectionate, witty, and wry."—The New Yorker

"Distinguished by fine writing and convincing adolescent angst."—The Atlantic Monthly

"[Yates's] small-scale tapestry is rich in intricate detail—much of it wonderfully droll."—Elizabeth Peer, Newsweek

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Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American ficiton as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer. In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New England prep school. At once a meditation on the twilight of youth and an examination of America's entry into World War II, A Good School tells the stories of William Grove, the quiet boy who becomes an editor of the school newspaper; Jack Draper, a crippled chemistry teacher; and Edith Stone, the schoolmaster's young daughter, who falls in love with most celebrated boy in the class of 1943.
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5.0 out of 5 stars YATES CONSISTENTLY DELIVERS GREAT BOOKS, May 5 2004
By J. CARPENTER "Meyvin" (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews
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Richard Yates is probably one of the greatest writers of the latter half of the 20th century. It is a shame that more attention is not paid to his works and that I had to wait until my senior year in college before I had even heard of him.

He is a master of getting at the core of human emotion. The frustration, anger, jealousy, pity, and loss that his characters experience is so real and raw that the reader almost feels uncomfortable at times just reading the words - almost as if Yates has transformed his audience into morbidly fascinated voyeurs, unable to look away but knowing that they should.

If one is to accomplish nothing else in their literary pursuits, they should take it upon themselves to read every book that Yates ever published. It is amazing what one can take away about themselves after reading his novels.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A dull read, July 22 2009
The only good thing about this book was the prologue, which was more intimate and consequential than any chapter of the book. Read a few chapters after and threw away the book, disgusted; this was just another book he needed to "apologize for": boring, boring, boring.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Novel, July 13 2003
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Richard Yates is one of the few truly great masters of 20th century fiction. His novels and short stories are populated with people who fiercely strive for what is just beyond their grasp, and who must - often quite painfully - suffer the consequences of their hopes and ambitions. The beauty of watching as these lives savagely unfold is the compassion Yates so delicately weaves into his depictions. First we feel a kind of condescending pity for these characters, then we find we are overwhelmed with their plight and their grief. And then finally the line between fiction and reality blurs, and we realize that these characters are not merely so much like us, they are us - with their denial and their fantasy and their unfounded hope in the future - and we grieve for them as we grieve for ourselves.
His short coming-of-age "A Good School" is something of a departure from the typical Yatesian heartbreak and squalor. In fact, the tone here, despite some shockingly grim and disturbing moments, is mostly upbeat. We follow the adolescent adventures of a boy named William Grove, a man with no real father figure (his parents are divorced) who tries to make a man out of himself after he is shipped to a boarding school designed for "individual" children who don't fit in elsewhere. Left to his own devices, without any real encouragement from the school or at home, and after several difficult missteps that nearly cement him as a permanent outcast, Grove slowly and unknowingly begins to make a name for himself by throwing himself into the only small door he is ever offered - the offices of the school paper.
The cast of the book is rounded out by in intriguing hodge-podge of boarding school characters, equally flailing around in their quest to become men. Even though their stories are unfolding off to the side, Yates somehow manages to tell each of their stories with a richness and intensity that belies their sparseness.
This is ground that has been covered before. One cannot help but think of other prep school novels (like Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" and Hesse's "Beneath the Wheel") but even in familiar territory, Yates stakes out a claim all his own. This is a short, spare book filled with dozens of stories that build and develop throughout the novel. Old Yates fans will be pleased with this surprising detour into the world of adolescence, the unusual lightness of his tone, and the freshness of his view from this familiar literary perch. For new readers, I would definitely suggest reading the novel "Revolutionary Road," or some of the short stories first. But all in all, a must-read for everyone. I recommend it highly.
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