Binding: Paperback
Description: From "a dazzling new voice in American fiction" (Jennifer Egan) a finely drawn portrait of American privilege and a subtle exploration of class race and tradition. St. James is an exclusive New England boarding school known for grooming generations of leaders. Ben Weeks is a true insider - - his ancestors helped found St. James his older brother taught him all the slang and he's just won a national championship in squash. But after fourteen long years of waiting Ben arrives at school only to find that the reality of St. James doesn't quite match up with his imaginings. At the same time his new roommate Ahmed Al - Khaled the son of a fabulously wealthy Emirati sheik can't navigate the unspoken rules of New England blue bloods. Even as Ben and Ahmed struggle to prove themselves in the place they have revered for so long each of them must face losing it forever. Tender sharp and evocative The Expectations is a compelling novel about the pain and treachery of adolescence and the difficulty - - wherever one finds oneself - - of truly belonging.
Title: The Expectations
Author(s): Tilney Alexander
Publisher: Little Brown And Company
Barcode: 9780316450393
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/18/2020
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction