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The Headmaster's Darlings - A Mountain Brook Novel (Hardcover)
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The Headmaster's Darlings is a satirical comedy of manners
featuring the morbidly obese Norman Laney, an unorthodox,
inspirational English teacher and college counsellor for an elite
private school in Mountain Brook, a privileged community outside of
Birmingham. A natural wonder from blue-collar Alabama, Laney has
barged into the exclusive world of Mountain Brook on the strength
of his sensational figure and its several-hundred-pound commitment
to art and culture. His mission is to defeat ""the barbarians,""
introduce true civilization in place of its thin veneer, and change
his southern world for the better. Although Laney is adored by his
students (his ""darlings"") and by the society ladies (also his
""darlings"") who rely on him to be the life of their parties and
the leader of their book clubs, there are others who think he is a
larger-than-life menace to the comfortable status quo of Mountain
Brook society and must be banished. When Laney is summoned to the
principal's office one day in November 1983, he expects to be
congratulated for a recent public-relations triumph he engineered
on behalf of the school. Instead his letter of resignation is
demanded with no explanation given. Faced with an ultimatum and his
imminent dismissal, Laney must outflank the principal at his own
underhanded game, find out who said what about him and why, and
launch his current crop of Alabama students into the wider
world--or at least into Ivy League colleges. In her debut novel,
Clark, Katherine casts a comical eye on southern society and
celebrates the power of great teachers and schools to transform the
lives of young people and lift up their communities. Surrounded by
a colourful cast of his colleagues, his young protegees and
Mountain Brook's upper echelon, Laney emerges as a heroically
idiosyncratic character with Falstaffian appetites, an inimitable
wit and intellect, and a boundless generosity toward his students
that reshapes their lives in profound, unexpected ways.
General
Imprint: |
University of South Carolina Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Story River Books |
Release date: |
September 2015 |
Authors: |
Katherine Clark
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Foreword by: |
Pat Conroy
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Dimensions: |
236 x 163 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
245 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-61117-538-7 |
Categories: |
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General
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LSN: |
1-61117-538-0 |
Barcode: |
9781611175387 |
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