[4] The novel describes an unfolding sex scandal at a Massachusetts prep school.
Testimony tells the story of a sex scandal at a prestigious prep school called Avery Academy in Avery, Massachusetts - a small town with many blue collar workers.
The novel switches point-of-view and discusses the incident from multiple perspectives.
Some of the most notable include: Mike Bordwin, the headmaster of the school; Rob Leicht, a member of the basketball team with prospects of going to Brown University; Ellen Leicht, Rob's mother; Silas Quinney, a local boy whose mother is having an affair with the school's headmaster; Owen Quinney, a local farmer and Silas's father; Noelle, Silas's girlfriend; James "J.
All of these perspectives are mini "interviews" conducted by a journalist at the University of Vermont who is trying to get to the bottom of this incident.