The Eighth Man
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Southern Africa
- Published: 1999
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 220
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780195718348
- Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.4 x 1.1 cm
- Weight: 0.213 kg
- Synopsis: When Frankie Opperman - surfer, rugby captain, and Helderkloof High's golden boy - is found drowned in the school pool, Jake Mulligan is called to investigate. He finds himself at the heart of a school in crisis, yet no one seems willing to help. Why the baffling silence from Frankie's former
friends? Is the cool barrier put up by Frankie's recently-dumped girlfriend just her nature? When Jake turns to the flirtatious Diana Polesky, who seems to be courting expulsion, and then to the eccentric but much-loved English teacher, the investigations take an unexpected twist.
Michael Williams's latest novel tells a tense and brilliantly choreographed story that weaves its way through school rivalry and racism, loyalty, betrayal, and initiation into young adulthood with extraordinary insight and realism.
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