All Loves Excelling: A Novel - Hardcover

As timeless as it is timely, and should stand on the same sheltf with...John Knowles' A Seperate Peace Louis Auchincloss' the Rector of Justin and J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. * The Washington Times * A novelist of real gifts....He has written a satire of the very first order. * The Wall Street Journal * Sensitivity...insightful portraits...excels at depicting the impact of adult weaknesses on children. * The Review of Higher Education *

Not since A Separate Peace has the world of prep school and tortured adolescence been portrayed with the sensitivity and authenticity that distinguish this novel by a former headmaster of the prestigious Lawrence-ville School, near Princeton. All loves Excelling is a story of the fierce competition for admission to select colleges, of the equally fierce ambition of parents and school authorities-and how they combine to wreak havoc on one teenager and her family.