The Rector of Justin
Louis Auchincloss
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
<p><B>"[A] certifiable masterpiece" from the acclaimed chronicler of New York City's old money elite (<I>The New York Observer</I>).</B><BR /> <BR /> Widely considered Louis Auchincloss's greatest novel, <I>The Rector of Justin</I> is an astute dissection of the social mores of the Northeast's privileged establishment. The story centers on Rev. Frank Prescott, the charismatic founder and rector of a prestigious Episcopal school for boys. With laser-sharp insight, Auchincloss delivers a prismatic portrait of this commanding and complicated man through the eyes of those who knew&#8212;or thought they knew&#8212;him best.<BR /> <BR /> Seamlessly interweaving multiple points of view&#8212;from an adoring teacher to that of a rebellious daughter&#8212;<I>The Rector of Justin </I>presents a social history of the eighty years of his life: the sources of his virtues and failings, his successes, his love, and his crises of faith.<BR /> <BR /> As Jonathan Yardley put it in the<I> Washington...</BR></BR></BR></p>