Home School - Hardcover

Webb, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312376308 ISBN 13: 9780312376307

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 2008

Synopsis

Finally, the sequel to the international bestseller and one of the most classic movies of all time, The Graduate, has arrived. 
At the end of Charles Webb’s first novel, The Graduate, Benjamin Braddock rescues his beloved Elaine from a marriage made not in heaven, but in California.  For over forty years, legions of fans have wondered what happened to the young couple after The Graduate’s momentous final scene.  The wait is over.
Eleven years and 3,000 miles later, Benjamin and Elaine live Westchester County, a suburb of New York City, with their two sons, whom they are educating at home. A continent now stands between them and the boys’ surviving grandparent, now known as Nan, but who in former days answered to Mrs. Robinson.  The story opens with the household in turmoil as the Westchester School Board attempts to quash the unconventional educational methods the family is practicing.  Desperate situations call for desperate remedies—even a cry for help to the mother-in-law from hell, who is only too happy to provide her loving services—but at a price far higher than could be expected.
At long last, the unforgettable characters that made The Graduate such a classic are back ...and they’re better than ever—including, of course, the extraordinary Mrs. Robinson.  Wryly observing the horrors and absurdities of domestic life, Home School has all the precision and wit that made The Graduate such a long-lasting success.        
 



Praise for Charles Webb and Home School:
“Charles Webb is a highly gifted and accomplished writer.” – Chicago Tribune
"Brilliant...sardonic, ludicrously funny." --The New York Times on The Graduate
“Charles Webb's sequel to The Graduate sparkles with as much wit and invention as the original. Throughout the book, everything – dialogue, characterization, even incident – is pared down to a minimum, and yet the result, far from being undernourished, hums with richness and vitality. So here’s to you Mrs. Robinson, and to Charles Webb for doing such a fine job of resurrecting her.”   --Sunday Telegraph (UK)
“[Home School] offers a witty and bitingly accurate tale of suburban frustration whose slightness is integral to its charm.” --Daily Mail (UK)
“Distinctive, wry, spare and beautifully modulated.” --Daily Telegraph (UK)

“Forty years overdue, the sequel to The Graduate was worth the wait. A great read.”
--The London Paper (UK)
“By utilizing the same wry humor and pinpoint characterization of the first novel, and by delving even further into the dark motives of the iconic Mrs. Robinson, Webb has made this continuation of a classic believable and entertaining.” --The Works (UK)

About this title

Review:

"It offers a witty and bitingly accurate tale of suburban frustration whose slightness is integral to its charm." (Daily Mail)

"Charles Webb's sequel to THE GRADUATE sparkles with as much wit
and invention as the original. Throughout the book, everything - dialogue, characterisation, even incident - is pared down to a minimum, and yet the result, far from being undernourished, hums with richness and vitality. So here's to you Mrs Robinson, and to Charles Webb for doing such a fine job of resurrecting her." (Sunday Telegraph)

"Distinctive, wry, spare and beautifully modulated" (Daily Telegraph)

"Forty years overdue, the sequel to The Graduate was worth the wait. A great read." (The London Paper)

"By utilising the same wry humour and pinpoint characterisation of the first novel, and by delving even further into the dark motives of the iconic Mrs Robinson, Webb has made this continuation of a classic believable and entertaining." (The Works)

Book Description:

THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TO CHARLES WEBB'S INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND MAJOR MOVIE - THE GRADUATE

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0312376308
• ISBN 13: 9780312376307
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 229