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The Wishing Game

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In the bleak winter term of 1954 something terrible happens at Kirkston Abbey School for Boys. Forty years later a journalist hovers near the truth, buried long ago by the panicked authorities. Kirkston Abbey is no place for the weak: its rules are harsh and its discipline savage. So the struggling Jonathan Palmer cannot believe his luck when Richard Rokeby - tough, handsome, aloof - befriends him. But Rokeby's possessive friendship is suffocating and, what starts out as an innocent game amongst friends, takes a shocking turn as Palmer finds himself powerless to stop Rokeby from unleashing a horrifying fate on them all. A brilliantly clever psychological thriller, The Wishing Game launched Redmond to his bestseller status.

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The Wishing Game, Patrick Redmond

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2003
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This book was a rollercoaster. At first I thought it was a murder mystery, but then nothing happened and I got confused. Then I thought it would be about homosexuality in the 1950s but also no?? Up until page 180 I could not tell what the book was about, but the character of Richard was so well written that I became a fan instantly. The toxic friendship and the need of feeling valued really stuck with me to the very, very unexpected ending. They don't call this a tragedy for nothing.