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The Anatomy School

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The Anatomy School

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Published: 3 October, 2002
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This is the story of the growing up of Martin Brennan, a troubled boy in troubled times, a boy who knows all the questions but none of the answers. This is Belfast in the late sixties. Before he can become an adult, Martin must unravel the sacred and contradictory mysteries of religion, science and sex; he must learn the value of friendship; but most of all he must pass his exams - at any cost. A book that celebrates the desire to speak and the need to say nothing, The Anatomy School moves from the enforced silence of Martin's Catholic school retreat, through the hilarious tea-and-biscuits repartee of his eccentric elders to the awkward wit and loose profanity of his two friends - the charismatic Kavanagh and the subversive Blaise Foley. An absorbing, tense and often very funny novel which takes Martin from the initiations of youth to the devoutly-wished-for consummation of the flesh, Bernard MacLaverty's new book is a remarkable re-creation of the high anxieties and deep joys of learning to find a place in the world.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780099428466
ISBN10 0099428466
Number Of Pages 368
Item Weight 255 g
Product Dimensions 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Publisher / Reseller Vintage Publishing
Format paperback
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MacLaverty is a master of many moods and this genial, intelligent novel finds him at his best * Sunday Telegraph *
A brilliant novel * Daily Telegraph *
A zestfully funny novel of male adolescence * Sunday Times *
Novels of this quality should never end * Irish Independent *
A zestfully funny novel of male adolescence * Sunday Times *
Tender, funny and gripping novel… The Anatomy School draws pictures in the imagination, and offers a lesson of the most enjoyable kind. Perhaps one of MacLaverty’s best and most exuberant books. * Belfast Telegraph *

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Author's Bio

Bernard MacLaverty lives in Glasgow. He has written five previous collections of stories and five novels, including Grace Notes, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Midwinter Break, the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Novel of the Year. He has written versions of his fiction for other media - radio and television plays, screenplays and libretti.

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