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A Good School is a 1978 novel by American writer Richard Yates, set at a fictional New England boarding school during World War II. The story examines the institution, its teachers, and its students while following the pressures and disappointments of adolescence in a society shaped by wartime absence. Yates drew on his own experience as a schoolboy during the period, giving the novel a personal connection to its historical setting.
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A Good School scores 6.53/10 (Fair) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Campus Novel category.
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