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Key ideas from the book
- The novel depicts divisions between a town’s residents and students at its prestigious prep school.
- School life is shaped by hierarchies and expectations about where people belong.
- The discovery of a body in the river brings a local policeman into the school’s enclosed world.
- The story explores the contrast between surface appearances and hidden truths.
- Its listed genres include fantasy, mystery, magical realism, and literary fiction.
About The River King by Alice Hoffman
In Alice Hoffman’s 2001 novel, the town of Haddan is divided between local residents and students at its prestigious prep school. Hierarchy also shapes life inside the school, where students and faculty members are expected to learn their place.
When a body is found in the river behind the school, a local policeman enters this closed-off world. The novel’s mystery and its interest in the truths beneath surface appearances may appeal to readers of literary fiction, fantasy, magical realism, and stories set around schools and communities.
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