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The Old Boys
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Wikipedia article
'The Old Boys' is a comic novel written by Anglo-Irish author William Trevor, first published in 1964.
Plot summary
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 lifes 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.
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Category:1964 novels
Category:Works by William Trevor
Category:British comedy novels
Category:The Bodley Head books
Category:Hawthornden Prize-winning works
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