Boy in the Water, Stephen Dobyns
Boy in the Water, Stephen Dobyns
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Boy in the Water

Author: Stephen Dobyns

Narrator: George Newbern

Unabridged: 14 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/22/2015

Synopsis

Another bucolic fall in northern New Hampshire, and the semester is under way at Bishop's Hill Academy. But the school year starts off less than tranquil. The new headmaster, Jim Hawthorne, has liberal ideas that the staff finds far from welcome. Serene on the surface, the ivy-clad, tree-lined campus gives few clues to the school's history of special privileges, petty corruptions, and hidden allegiances. But as autumn advances, the affable smiles and pretenses of virtue wear thin. And as winter closes in, students, teachers, and staff get an education in savagery and murder.

About Stephen Dobyns

Stephen Dobyns is the author of more than thirty novels and poetry collections, including The Church of Dead Girls, Cold Dog Soup, and Cemetery Nights. Among his many honors are a Melville Cane Award, Pushcart prizes, a National Poetry Series prize, and three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. His novels have been translated into twenty languages, and his poetry has appeared in the Best American Poetry anthology. Dobyns, who has taught at the University of Iowa and Sarah Lawrence College, teaches creative writing at Warren Wilson College.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie

Boy in the Water by Stephen Dobyns is a 2000 St. Martin’s Press publication. Jim Hawthorne accepts the job of headmaster of Bishop’s Hill Academy, a school that is going through some hard times. Hawthorne is overqualified for the job, but he has his reasons for taking the position. However, the staf......more

Goodreads review by Snotchocheez

2.5 stars I've for quite a long time kept Stephen Dobyns' name filed away as someone to try, after fellow suspense writer (and fellow Stephen) King lauded Dobyns' The Church of Dead Girls in King's Entertainment Weekly article. That title wasn't available at the library but Boy In The Water was. The......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia

I read The Church of Dead Girls about 20 years ago and I remember liking it. Stephen Dobyns’ name made an indelible impression in my memory. I was exposed to some of his poetry about a year ago and I was incredibly impressed. I deliberately sought more of his work and, sadly, this is what I stumbled......more

Goodreads review by Belinda

3,75 sterren- Nederlandse hardcover Geleend in de bibliotheek. Geen recensie.......more

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