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Graham Wier, a timid, middle-aged teacher, drinks to ignore the jibes of his discontented wife and to forget the taunts of his rough pupils at the Railway Street Secondary School.Filled with self-disgust, he is ready to respond with affection and professional interest when fifteen-year old Shirley Taylor falls in love with him.Only to find himself facing trial on a charge of indecent assault.In the dock, deserted by his friends and despised by his wife, Graham Weir suddenly recovers the courage of his ideals to fight the small-minded prejudice that surrounds him.
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Term of Trial, James Barlow
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- Released
- 1962
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- Title
- Term of Trial
- Language
- English
- Authors
- James Barlow
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 1962
- Format
- Paperback
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, World Literature
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- Graham Wier, a timid, middle-aged teacher, drinks to ignore the jibes of his discontented wife and to forget the taunts of his rough pupils at the Railway Street Secondary School.Filled with self-disgust, he is ready to respond with affection and professional interest when fifteen-year old Shirley Taylor falls in love with him.Only to find himself facing trial on a charge of indecent assault.In the dock, deserted by his friends and despised by his wife, Graham Weir suddenly recovers the courage of his ideals to fight the small-minded prejudice that surrounds him.