Old School
Old School by Tobias Wolff
An excellent return to classic American writing, where the prose have purpose and structure, and there is more on show than just a good story. The story is of a privileged boys school, where literary achievement is highly regarded and an audience with the visiting writer is the pinnacle of a students school life. The protagonist is a gifted writer with some competition. Along the way of this succinct and punchy story, we see the true nature of deceipt, and how lies can often hurt the proponent more than the more obvious victims.