He is not sure if the 'white devil' he sees is in his imagination or is real. Many people on campus are conscious of Andrew's resemblance to Byron, and he gets the leading role in the play.Īs the narrative unfolds, creepy things begin to happen to Andrew and his few friends.

Andrew and Persephone have an affair that ultimately puts Persephone in danger. The only two people who are on his side are Persephone Vine, the headmaster's daughter, and Piers Fawkes, the housemaster who is writing a play about the poet Byron.

The ghostly figure has disappeared, though, and Andrew finds Theo dead.Īndrew was always thought of as strange, but this episode makes him a further outcast and he is blamed for the boy's death. 'Andrew staggered back' but realizes the figure on the ground is wearing the Harrow suit, thus he has to see who it is. The eye sockets were sunken, the eyes protruded, a vivid blue, his flesh a morbid gray.' Hair that is almost white 'hung over his eyes.' When he looks up, it's straight at Andrew - they lock eyes. He a long frock coat with tails, which hung on him with both hands he thrust his weight upon the other man, smothering him. Twenty paces down the path, a man straddled another man…the man on top was the source of the noise. One day, Andrew is walking by the cemetery and sees his friend, Theo Ryder, being throttled by a ghost-like figure: 'A…growling, a barking…cut the air. This threat plays a big part in what happens to Andrew's decision-making processes as he blunders through his experiences in England.

His father told him that it cost a fortune to find a place for him at Harrow, so he better shape up or ship out - his family would be through with him. Rumor has it that the ghost of this paramour haunts the Lot dormitory where Andrew Taylor has just been sent to from America.Īndrew is on a short tether for being expelled from his school in the United States after doing drugs. This historical educational facility is the alma mater of Lord Byron and one of his many lovers.

The lines blur as readers are drawn into the labyrinth of Harrow, an English school for boys that holds many secrets of the past and present. THE WHITE DEVIL by Justin Evans is both a mystery and a ghost story.

The White Devil by Justin Evans