{"product_id":"old-school-by-tobias-wolff-2004-paperback-good","title":"Old School by Tobias Wolff (2004) Paperback GOOD","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback in Good condition. Library sticker on front cover, otherwise clean and crisp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe protagonist of Tobias Wolff’s shrewdly—and at times devastatingly—observed first novel is a boy at an elite prep school in 1960. He is an outsider who has learned to mimic the negligent manner of his more privileged classmates. Like many of them, he wants more than anything on earth to become a writer. But to do that he must first learn to tell the truth about himself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe agency of revelation is the school literary contest, whose winner will be awarded an audience with the most legendary writer of his time. As the fever of competition infects the boy and his classmates, fraying alliances, exposing weaknesses, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOld School\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores the ensuing deceptions and betrayals with an unblinking eye and a bottomless store of empathy. The result is further evidence that Wolff is an authentic American master.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ex Libris Used Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48837138350307,"sku":"EXL002541","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/5675\/7951\/files\/s-l500-2026-04-17T122725.164.webp?v=1776443359","url":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismichigan.com\/products\/old-school-by-tobias-wolff-2004-paperback-good","provider":"Ex Libris Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}