Old School: A Novel Alfred A. Knopf Nov. 2003 isbn: 0375401466 $22.00 Other Books by Tobias Wolff

Harvard Book Store Author Series Presents:

Harvard Book Store is delighted to announce that on Wednesday, November 12th Tobias Wolff will be talking about his new novel, Old School. The author of the genre-defining memoir This Boy's Life, the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning novella The Barracks Thief, and short stories acclaimed as modern classics, Tobias Wolff now gives us his first novel.

Determined to fit in at his New England prep school, the narrator has learned to mimic the bearing and manners of his adoptive tribe while concealing as much as possible about himself. His final year, however, unravels everything he's achieved, and steers his destiny in directions no one could have predicted.

"Wolff, acclaimed for his short stories and memoirs, has written a marvelous novel with resonance for old and young alike. His storytelling is economical, his prose is elegant, and his meditations are utterly timeless. Some readers may wish to turn from the last page to the first and begin again." -Booklist

Tobias Wolff

Author Biography:

Tobias Wolff lives in Northern California and teaches at Stanford University. He has received the Rea Award for excellence in the short story, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award.