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The Old Boys

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The Old Boys
First edition
AuthorWilliam Trevor
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherBodley Head
Publication date
1964
Publication placeIreland
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages191 pp.
ISBN014002428X
Preceded byA Standard of Behaviour 
Followed byThe Boarding House 

The Old Boys is a 1964 comic novel written by Anglo-Irish author William Trevor.

Plot summary

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The story concerns a group of elderly men on the board of a society for the old boys of an unnamed English public school and the power politics and old rivalries that come into play during the election of a new president for the Old Boys Association. The old boys themselves have developed various ways of coping with retirement and loneliness and life's disappointments but they all take a keen interest in their old school, none more so than Jaraby, who desires and expects to be elected as the new president, but is nervous about the possibility of being opposed by Nox, his former fag. [1]

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References

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  1. ^ THE OLD BOYS by William Trevor | Kirkus Reviews.
  2. ^ Poore, Charles (March 19, 1964). "The Private Waterloos of English Playing-Field Graduates". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  3. ^ Overbey, Erin (2010-06-03). "Eighty-Five from the Archive: William Trevor". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  4. ^ Bradbury, Lorna (2009-08-29). "William Trevor". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2017-09-20.