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Summer Reading 2006
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The Palace Thief: Stories
by Ethan Canin
This year's summer reading selection is The Palace Thief by Ethan Canin.
This text was selected not only for its critical acclaim, but also for its relevance to "Does Integrity Matter?," the theme for CCIC-sponsored programs in 2006-07.
The Palace Thief is the story of a dedicated and inspiring classics professor at an elite prep school where an encounter with a student, the son of a powerful senator, inexorably alters his life. Forty-one years later at a reunion of his students, he is faced with the fear that he may have failed the most important challenge of his life—to have been a great teacher.
About the Author
Ethan Canin is the author of Emperor of the Air, For Kings and Planets,and Carry Me Across the Water, among other books. A former physician, he is now on the faculty of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
