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The job of the wasp : a novel / Colin Winnette.
A new arrival at an isolated school for orphaned boys quickly comes to realize there is something wrong with his new home. He hears chilling whispers in the night, his troubled classmates are violent and hostile, and the Headmaster sends cryptic messages, begging his new charge to confess . As the new boy learns to survive on the edges of this impolite society, he starts to unravel a mystery at the school's dark heart. And that's when the corpses start turning up.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781593766801 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 194 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Soft Skull edition.
- Publisher: New York : Soft Skull, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018.
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| Subject: | Orphans > Fiction. Teenage boys > Fiction. Boarding schools > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Ghost stories. Mystery fiction. Gothic fiction. Bildungsromans. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Sitka.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumbler Ridge Public Library | AF WINNE (Text) | TRL23068 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Williams Lake Branch | WIN (Text) | 33923005925353 | General Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
A new arrival at an isolated school for orphaned boys quickly comes to realize there is something wrong with his new home. He hears chilling whispers in the night, his troubled classmates are violent and hostile, and the Headmaster sends cryptic messages, begging his new charge to confess . As the new boy learns to survive on the edges of this impolite society, he starts to unravel a mystery at the school's dark heart. And that's when the corpses start turning up.
