Quote: I was absolutely charmed and amused by this book and enjoyed it greatly - it is not a great work of literature - though it is well written - it is not even particularly accurate as a presentation of English Boarding school life, either in the past and certainly not in any type of present age, but still the author clearly loves the idea of boarding schools so much, he has such affection for it that you just can't help be drawn in. Obviously there is a succession of visits to nude beaches and skinny dipping and different sorts of shenanigan's as our hero goes about not getting laid until he gets laid by the boy he fancies but doesn't think he has a chance with - gosh was that a spoiler? But despite the nicely written and quite sexy sex stuff. It is not just a stroke book, it has a story and character development, etc. but again I don't want to overpraise and misrepresent - the book is a great read and marvelous fun and various bits of it have stayed with me and caused me to smile at their recollection.