https://blog.georgefabish.com/tags/new_england_college/ Recent content in New_england_college on George's Blog Hugo en-US Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/the-secret-history/ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:12 -0500 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/the-secret-history/ <p>Secret History is a murder mystery told in reverse, where the reader is shown the victims and perpetrators at the beginning. The book is narrated in first person by one of the perpetrators, and the events are revealed through his recollections of them. The story is set in a fictional small college in New England in the 1980s, where a group of six students form an exclusive cohort under the tutelage of a professor of Greek classics. This professor has peculiar practices, such as being very selective about which students he allows in his classes. He only lets a few students in at a time, and takes total control of their schedules, becoming almost their only professor by teaching multiple classes at once. This creates a close-knit group of students who are almost strangers to the rest of the students on campus.</p>