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A coming-of-age story of a northern Irish boy getting out from under the thumb of mother, church, and country.
Set in Belfast in the late sixties, Bernard MacLaverty's new novel takes us into Martin Brennan's last semester of high school, when he finds old friendships tested and is forced to face the unknown. 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. Celebrating 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."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Absorbing, tense, and often very funny, The Anatomy School recreates the high anxieties and deep joys of a boy?s quest for his place in the world. This is the story of Martin Brennan and his growing up ? a troubled boy in troubled times, a boy who knows all the questions but none of the answers. 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 ? whatever the 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 ? as we follow Martin from the initiations of youth to the devoutly wished consummation of the flesh.
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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 ? as we follow Martin from the initiations of youth to the devoutly wished consummation of the flesh.
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“To point out the excellence of MacLaverty’s writing is almost to do it a disservice. His prose is invisible, free of tricks, as though it was your own thoughts.... He ranks as a master.” — The Observer
“To point out the excellence of MacLaverty’s writing is almost to do it a disservice. His prose is invisible, free of tricks, as though it was your own thoughts.... He ranks as a master.” — The Observer
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