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...Honourable Schoolboy, John le Carré ∙ The Professor of Desire, Philip Roth ∙Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison
...Orangemen may be off the schedule but the Crimson can still look forward to tangling with ninth-ranked Holy Cross, spearheaded by soph Ronnie Perry. Perry was the most heavily recruited schoolboy from the Boston area three years ago along with Harvard transfer Joe Beaulieu. Coach George Blaney's Crusaders will face their first real test when they latch up with Iona College in their fourth game of the season...
FICTION: Daniel Martin, John Fowles∙Gnomes, Will Huygen and Rien Poortvliet∙The Honourable Schoolboy, John le Carré∙The Professor of Desire, Philip Roth∙Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison
...Honourable Schoolboy, Le Carr...
...that is what distinguishes The Honourable Schoolboy from the rest of the books on the "Mystery" shelf: it is, at bottom, a tremendous story, or more exactly, stories--for le Carre has conveniently woven in enough tangled subplots to keep not only the most devoted spy thriller fan, but also the most fascinated student of human nature, absorbed. What drives the le Carre fans is not absurd schemes to take over the world, nor, of course, masturbatory fantasies, replete with sadistic fiends and willing damsels-in-distress. Rather, these are stories about men and women struggling to keep their heads...