New Boy Author:William Sutcliffe New Boy is narrated by Mark, a Jewish boy in an English public (i.e. private) school where there are few Christians or other public school types left. His world is turned upside down when a new boy, Barry, joins the school. Barry attracts a lot of attention -- Mark's, especially. — Sex is, of course, on all the boys' minds, an obsession that domi... more »nates most of their waking lives. Sutcliffe does a good job of conveying the charged sexual atmosphere at the school and all the still-boyish confusion running riot there. Mark's narration -- easy-going, self-deprecating, trying to display a self-confident front (yet knowing -- and often admitting -- how pathetic he really is) -- makes him appear a not quite typical but certainly convincing teenage figure.« less