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At the Waterstones blog Makkai tagged five favorite novels that bring characters together in an educational setting, including:
The Devil and Webster by Jean Hanff KorelitzRead about another entry on the list.
A young man graduating from The Devon School [in A Separate Peace by John Knowles] and attending camp at [Meg] Wolitzer’sSpirit-in-the-Woods [in The Interestings] might then have found himself at small and selective Webster College, the fictional setting for Jean Hanff Korelitz’s 2017 novel The Devil and Webster. Rather than a student’s point of view, we get that of the new and beleaguered college president, Naomi Roth, as she navigates a scandal that ultimately involves her own daughter, a freshman at the school. It’s a thought-provoking novel, a page turner that challenges our notions of fairness and justice.
--Marshal Zeringue