“The boarding school memoir or novel is an enduring literary subgenre, from 1950s classics such as The Catcher in the Rye to Curtis Sittenfeld’s Prep. Doust’s recognisably Australian contribution to the genre draws on his own experiences in a West… — Jon Doust Copy Share Image
“From the opening sentence, it is clear that we are in the presence of a writer with a distinctive voice and uncanny ability to… — Jon Doust Copy Share Image
“The boarding school memoir or novel is an enduring literary subgenre, from 1950s classics such as The Catcher in the Rye to Curtis Sittenfeld’s… — Jon Doust Copy Share Image
“The novel is apparently autobiographical and is being publicised as such but Doust has done with his material what so many autobiographical novelists fail… — Jon Doust Copy Share Image
“…a hilarious, angry and sympathetic portrait of boys behaving badly, teeming with sadistic bullies, imperfect heroes, adolescent onanists and ice-cream gorging hedonists.’— The West… — Jon Doust Copy Share Image
