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Hogarth Shakespeare: New Boy
Tracy Chevalier (acclaimed author of Girl with a Pearl Earring, Remarkable Creatures, and A Single Thread) presents New Boy, a modern retelling of Othello set in a suburban schoolyard, that follows a diplomat's son as he attempts to survive his fifth new school in as many years . . .
Masterfully transposing Shakespeare's enduring tragic tale into a 1970s suburban Washington schoolyard, Chevalier reveals with New Boy a powerful drama of friends torn apart by jealousy, bullying, and betrayal that will leave its readers stunned.
“This new version of Othello reframes the story with modern issues of race, while staying true to the original tale of a villain who will stop at nothing to take his revenge.” -- The Huffington Post