The Dead School - Rilegato

McCabe, Patrick

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ISBN 10: 0385314205 ISBN 13: 9780385314206

Casa editrice: Doubleday, 1995

Riassunto

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 town cuckold, he is doomed forever to believe that the only place for love is "in the grave." Decades earlier in a different town, "goody-goody" Raphael Bell decides to forego the priesthood and become a teacher. Years pass and Bell thrives in his chosen profession, becoming Headmaster - until times begin to change. New ideas are invading the strict provincial Catholic culture he loves, unhinging old ways, pulling Ireland and an unwilling Bell into the future. Along with them comes Malachy Dudgeon, now grown and teaching at Bell's school, distracted to the point of madness by an adult love of his own - a love most definitely "in the grave." Tension coils - until tragedy strikes a student in their charge and the latent despair, rage and helplessness lying below the surface of the two men explode, ending in a denouement of heartbreaking, startling power.

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Recensione:

"A  spellbinding story of betrayal and broken dreams narrated to  a wonderfully menacing effect...the sheer force of  his language...positively thrums with  life."--Los Angeles  Times

"The Dead School  makes compelling literature....The writing is  seamless, the effect shocking: Imagine Apocalypse Now  cheerfully narrated by Jimmy  Stewart."--The Seattle  Times

"McCabe [is] as skilled and significant a novelist  as Ireland has produced in  decades."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

rd-winning author of The  Butcher Boy comes a new novel of  extraordinary power that, according to the San Francisco  Chronicle, "confirm[s] McCabe's standing as one  of the most brilliant writers to ever come out of  Ireland."

In The  Dead School, Patrick McCabe returns to the  emotionally dense landscape of small-town Ireland  to explore the inner lives of two men: a  headmaster and a schoolteacher, each man the product of a  soul-stifling culture, each battling his own demons  of loss and betrayal. Tension coils--until tragedy  strikes a young student in their charge, and the  latent despair and rage that has festered in their  hearts explodes onto the page. As in The  Butcher Boy, McCabe demonstrates his  remarkable command of the vernacular and an uncanny  ability to p

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• Editore: Doubleday
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0385314205
• ISBN 13: 9780385314206
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida