RYDON HALL - Tecno-Libro

Charles Goldforbes is the new Latin teacher at Rydon Hall, the third best boys prep school in Churley, south-west London. Along with the job come two related problems. One is the hideous Florian Bavington, aged 13 but already a master of low-level disruption. The other is the disturbingly alluring Natasha Bavington, Florian s mother. Drama unfolds as Charles accompanies Florian and the rest of Year 8 on the annual school trip to Egypt, a country which just happens to be on the brink of revolution. The Arab Spring is underway but the tour party s problems are only just beginning. Rydon Hall captures brilliantly the spirit of an all-boys school - and those who teach there. The recklessness and over-confidence of Florian and his friends are in turn both hilarious and exasperating. Very funny but also very dark, this novel is about desperation, disappointment, self-delusion and every parent s worst nightmare. it is also about global terror, bogus celebrity, Skype and excruciating sex.