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Wolff s unnamed narrator seems so very real that it is hard at times to remember that the book is fiction. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Speaking of old school in an interview, tobias wolff said, for this novel to work, the reader has to believe in these boys becoming so madly passionate and competitive about this writing business. It is a treasure that i will recommend for years to come to everyone i know who loves to read. Old school by tobias wolff and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. His work appears regularly in the new yorker, the atlantic, harpers, and other magazines and literary. Wolffs father falsely presented himself in society and working life as a military hero and took on other guises, which eventually landed him.
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Wolff sets his novel in 1960 at a new england prep school, an unusual setting for a novel. The protagonist of tobias wolffs shrewdlyand at times devastatingly observed first novel is a boy at an elite prep school in 1960. The unnamed narrator is one of the students, bookdrunk boys, obsessed with literature and creative writing. An atlantic unbound interview with tobias wolff, author of old school.
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