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Ottawa in the 70s is a developing city, ripe for the taking. Two men, from different ends of society, see the opportunities - Jerry McGuinty, plasterer-turned-builder, a simple, self-made man, and Simon Struthers, whose inherited wealth and position cannot fill the hollowness inside.

Award-winning author Colin McAdam s second novel takes place at St. Ebury, an elite Ottawa boarding school. It s a place of privilege and hollow rules, of newly minted traditions and the barely restrained animal instincts of the boys. A handful of girls are also in attendance, among them Fall, a beautiful and elusive figure who becomes the object of fascination for many of the male students, including Noel, a smart, intensely idiosyncratic young man. But Fall ends up dating his roommate Julius, the charismatic son of the American ambassador, whom Noel also fixates upon. Amidst a heady mix of...

Set in an exclusive boarding school for the children of Canada's elite, this is the story of Noel, a loner who fills his spare hours body-building, and the object of his desire, Fall. Noel watches Fall, always knowing where she is and who she is talking to, until he senses that the time has come for him to enter Fall's life forever.