{"product_id":"9781429921664","title":"The History Boys: A Play","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A play of depth as well as \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003edazzle, intensely moving as well as thought-provoking and funny.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form (or senior) boys in a British boys' school are, as such boys will be, in pursuit of sex, sport, and a place at a good university, generally in that order. In all their efforts, they are helped and hindered, enlightened and bemused, by a maverick English teacher who seeks to broaden their horizons in sometimes undefined ways, and a young history teacher who questions the methods, as well as the aim, of their schooling. In \u003ci\u003eThe History Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, Alan Bennett evokes the special period and place that the sixth form represents in an English boy's life. In doing so, he raises—with gentle wit and pitch-perfect command of character—not only universal questions about the nature of history and how it is taught but also questions about the purpose of education today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134059233520,"sku":"9781429921664","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429921664_p0.jpg?v=1769901834","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429921664","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}