{"product_id":"keeping-the-lid-on-neil-thomas-9781854188984","title":"Keeping the Lid on","description":"Set in a private school a little in the past - at a time of turbulence following the death of the old headmaster - a sinister thread runs through the attempts to take the school forward, where issues of child protection risk being buried in the protection of profits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this school examination, with few sources of light amidst the dark shadows, there is a slow reveal of events as the story unfolds. The outcome is uncertain - will things be swept under the carpet or will the rottenness at the heart of this particular academic establishment be exposed?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot exactly a work of crime fiction, this novel is, however, written almost like a reconstruction of events. Characters' names are in effect redacted, with the resulting use of job titles serving in some cases to emphasize how individuals can hide behind their positions of authority and in other cases how victims can lose their precious personalities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow that we know how widespread the failure to protect the vulnerable has been in schools and institutions, how could it have happened? is the constant question. This novel explores that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1854188984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781854188984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorogood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Neil Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486204539135,"sku":"9781854188984","price":9.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2e75175-9476-48e3-9d21-29994b959ae1.jpg?v=1778054345","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/keeping-the-lid-on-neil-thomas-9781854188984","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}