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At St Oswald's – a select boys' secondary school in northern England – a new school year has just begun, but for its staff and students, unwelcome winds of change are blowing. A whole new world of technologies and values ​​is taking hold, and Roy Straitley, the eccentric and veteran Latin teacher, feels excluded and, albeit reluctantly, is considering retirement. But behind the petty rivalries, childish disputes, and everyday crises of the school, something darker is stirring. And a grudge, secretly and carefully nurtured for thirteen years, is about to erupt. Who is the mysterious author of the cruel pranks that are gradually becoming more violent – ​​and perhaps fatal? And how can an old, obscure, and half-forgotten scandal become the stone that will topple the giant?