The Dead School

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 345, [1]. Black cloth boards lettered in silver to spine; red endpapers. Jacket illustration by Andy Rumball (priced £9.99 to front flap).

Signed by Author to title page.

Author's fourth novel. An exploration of the inner lives of two men, each the product of the soul-stifling culture of 1970's small-town Ireland. Twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize for The Butcher Boy (1992) and Breakfast on Pluto (1998), both of which have been made into films by Neil Jordan. "An appallingly funny story... horribly memorable." –Times Literary Supplement