Two competing narrators and a very well-concealed twist

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	• Gentlemen and Players: A Novel (P.S.) Joanne Harris Harper Perennial, 2007 - 448 pages average customer review:based on 16 reviews view larger image
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Two competing narrators and a very well-concealed twist

I'm reviewing the P.S. version of 'Gentlemen and Players' because it contains an insightful five-page 'On My Mind' piece by the Joanne Harris. Harris discusses her history as a teacher - 12 years teaching at a Boys' Grammar School in the UK. As the intro to that piece states, her teaching experience was "put to good use in the deeply atmospheric 'Gentlemen and Players.'"

Indeed.

I also have to make mention of the compelling cover of the P.S. release, design courtesy of Robin Bilardello. It makes this work fairly leap off the shelves and into your hands. It's what encouraged me to flip through the book in the store.

The book itself holds up well. The style taken on here by Ms. Harris - two competing narrators and a very well-concealed twist - is not one taken easily by an unskilled writer. She pulls it off very well. Harris is best known as the author of 'Chocolat' (basis of the movie of the same name). Reviews elsewhere call that her best work, while others put votes in for 'Five Quarters of the Orange.' 'Gentlemen and Players' was my introduction to her work. I came out very impressed and definitely a new fan of her work.

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