Voldemort's Resurrection WAS The Spying Game and the Shrieking Shack

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 39771

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "grey_wolf_c" <greywolf1 at j...> wrote:
> Suzanne Chiles says:
> > IIRC, Quirrel had the been the DADA teacher for some years and had
> > been regarded as a very fine teacher. It was only after his 
research
> > trip to Albania that things went bad.
> > 
> > Zoë
> 
Grey Wolf replies:
> We have been repeatedly told that the DADA teacher position has 
been 
> jinxed and that Snape has been after it for years. I always assumed 
> that Quirrell had just come back from an extended visit to Albania 
> (i.e. a year or more long), and that something had happened to the 
> previous DADA teacher too. There may even be canon one way or the 
> other. We'll have to relay on someone else for this matter, though, 
> since I cannot remember at this moment if it's just my feeling or 
> something more canonical. Any takers?

I agree that PS/SS could be read either as 'Quirrel's just got the 
job' or 'Quirrel's been in the job for years and has just taken a 
sabbatical', but in CoS it gets clarified by Hagrid:

"Gettin' very difficult ter find anyone fer the Dark Arts job....No 
one's lasted long fer a while now." (CoS, UK paperback p.88)

Which implies Quirrell had only just got the job in PS/SS.

Hope this helps
Pip