Mr Olim

Mr Olim is a novel by Ernest Raymond, published in 1961 to critical acclaim [1] by Cassell.

It is often used by teacher training colleges to encourage students to analyse successful teaching.

[2] In his retirement, Davey La Tour looks back to his schooldays – specifically, to his first year at St Erkenwald's, a public school in west London (based on Raymond's own school, St Paul's).

[4] During that year he develops a deep respect for the acerbic but inspirational classicist.

Years later he organises a celebratory dinner for the now retired pedagogue.