Imprint: Vintage
Published: 03/10/2002
ISBN: 9780099428466
Length: 368 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 23mm x 129mm
Weight: 255g
RRP: £9.99
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.
Imprint: Vintage
Published: 03/10/2002
ISBN: 9780099428466
Length: 368 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 23mm x 129mm
Weight: 255g
RRP: £9.99
MacLaverty is a master of many moods and this genial, intelligent novel finds him at his best
A brilliant novel
A zestfully funny novel of male adolescence
Novels of this quality should never end