By Eleanor CattonTwo story strands weave through this highly inventive novel. In the first, the students at the Abbey Grange School are reeling in the aftermath of an alleged affair between a senior girl and her teacher. The incident awakens their adolescent angst and their budding interest in their own sexuality. Although the school has set up counseling sessions for the girls, it is their saxophone teacher who plays the role of chief confessor, therapist, and voyeur. At the same time, students at a neighboring drama school learn their craft by a variety of experimental teaching methods that include extreme theatrical games. The two strands come together as students from both schools meet, mingle, and engage one another. While the music students rehearse for an end-of-term recital, the drama students work on their shocking year-end project—a reenactment of the student-teacher affair.
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