Dead School
$9.99
'The best Irish novel of the decade' - Sunday Telegraph
Malachy Dudgeon has escaped the misery and madness of his childhood home and landed a job in the most famous school in Dublin. The headmaster, Raphael Bell, has overcome his own tragedies to forge a model career, but when Malachy Dudgeon and Raphael Bell meet, they become inextricably engaged in a macabre relationship which proves fatal to their fortunes and their sanity.
'McCabe can make you howl at the darkest antics ... He never sets a foot - or syllable - wrong. His novel is death on a laugh-support machine. Stupendous.' - Scotland on Sunday
'Raphael, the great headmaster, is a marvellous creation ... McCabe has a charm as a storyteller which is all his own' - Sunday Telegraph
'Exhilarating. Reading the distilled gouts of consciousness which pour from the minds of these characters is like being trapped on a big dipper with articulate maniacs ... Horribly funny' - The Times
'An appallingly funny story ... horribly memorable' - Times Literary Supplement
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