Meanwhile, Archie's sometime confidant Obie, in wild love with Laurie Gundarson, loses interest in The Vigils when Laurie is nearly raped by a trio of Vigils henchmen, Obie loses her-and vows revenge on Archie (who inspired but didn't order the attack). and suffers the consequences when Archie (a subtle tormentor) finds out. Carter, clumsy super-jock and Vigils "president," is horrified by Archie's latest scheme-a plan to humiliate both Brother Leon and the Bishop (!) during an upcoming assembly so he sends an anonymous warning to Brother Leon. As the end of the school year approaches, however, two of Archie's longtime student-henchmen will become increasingly disaffected, secretly rebellious. And the one student who stood up to Archie in The Chocolate War-Jerry Renault-is at home, still recuperating from the physical/psychic damage of his doomed attempt at individualistic defiance. Brother Leon, the slimy teacher who has become Archie's quasi-partner in dictatorial evil, is now the Headmaster. The Vigils, the secret society headed by cold, manipulative senior Archie Costello, is still going strong. It's been over ten years since The Chocolate War (1974), but the action in this sequel takes place only a few months after the original ugly doings at Trinity High-a boys' day school in drab mid-New England.
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