 Dust jacket of first edition - 1972 | |
| Author | J.L. Carr |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Secker and Warburg |
Publication date | 1972 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 164 |
| ISBN | 978-0-436-08610-6 |
| OCLC | 641281 |
| 823/.9/14 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.C3118 Har PR6053.A694 |
| Preceded by | A Season in Sinji |
| Followed by | How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup |
The Harpole Report is the third novel by J. L. Carr, published in 1972. The novel tells the story mostly in the form of a school logbook kept by George Harpole, temporary Head Teacher of the Church of England primary school of "Tampling St. Nicholas". The novel has attained a minor cult status within the teaching profession. The characters George Harpole and Emma Foxberrow reappear in Carr's eighth and final novel, Harpole & Foxberrow General Publishers and more briefly, What Hetty Did.
Like all of Carr's novels, it is grounded in personal experience. Carr was a primary school teacher for almost 40 years, including 15 years spent as Head Teacher of Highfields school in Kettering.[1] Carr described it as "an evangelical tract that got away".[2] The novel is now published by The Quince Tree Press, which was established by Carr in 1966 to publish his illustrated maps and small books.[3]
- ^ Rogers, Byron (2003). The Last Englishman. The Life of J.L. Carr. London: Aurum Press.
- ^ Carr, J.L. (1983) A double life in literature. The Author Vol 44, No 4, pages 102 - 104.
- ^ Carr, J.L. (1987) An inventory and a history of the Quince Tree Press to mark its 21st year and the sale of its 500,000th small book. August 1987. Kettering: The Quince Tree Press.