The Dead School

Patrick McCabe

Original title: The dead school

first published 1995 Dial Press, 1995 286 pages

In his new novel, The Dead School, McCabe returns to the same rich, emotionally dense landscape of small-town Ireland that made The Butcher Boy unforgettable. Here he explores the inner lives of two men, each the product of a soul-stifling culture, each battling his own demons of loss and betrayal. When Malachy Dudgeon, a bright, sensitive child, discovers his mother's infidelities and his father's standing as the t...

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The Dead School paperback · 1996 · Picador · 256 pages · 9780330339452
The Dead School edition · 1996 · Isis · 9780753151174
The Dead School edition · 1996 · Delta · 304 pages · 9780385314237
The dead school edition · 1995 · Dial Press · 286 pages
The Dead School hardcover · 1995 · Dial Press · 345 pages · 9780330339445

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