This is a a crime novel that is refreshingly original. I didn't get the who-did-it right!
It is set in an old private boys school, St Oswald's in North Yorkshire, and written from the two main characters perspectives, from around 1981 to 2005, the strangely odd but kind Latin Master and a disturbed 14 year old boy writing in his diary to his invisible friend, Mousey. There is also a collection of intriguing characters.
The story is told by Roy and another narrator and seamlessly switches between the present and the past.
Joanne Harris had written another novel set at St Oswalds - Gentlemen and Player, so I have added that to my wishlist.
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