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Violence
Some
The central death and some violence tied to the boarding school environment
Language
Some
Moderate language reflecting authentic teen speech
Sexual Content
Some
Adult teen sexual references and coming-of-age content
Substance Use
Some
Significant drug use and alcohol in the teen boarding school setting
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Heavy psychological themes around adolescence, loss, and the way schools fail their students
What this book is about
Paul Murray's enormous literary novel about the chaos of adolescence, first love, drugs, and institutional failure. Violence includes the death and its investigation. Adult content throughout. Literary adult fiction.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Drug use
Teen sexual content
Institutional failure
Death and grief
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