Critical Praise

"The big challenge for an Irish writer is to move in a new direction from the magisterial accomplishment of Joyce, Yeats, and Beckett, and to do it within the remarkable scope of Irish English. McCabe is the man. "

———Kirkus Reviews

"A mesmerizing tango of psychological ruin. "

———Chicago Tribune

"Mr. McCabe suffuses this book with undeniable power. "

———Baltimore Sun

"McCabe [is] as skilled and significant a novelist as Ireland has produced in decades. "

———Kirkus Reviews

"A delight not to be missed, confirming McCabe's standing as one of the most brilliant writers ever to come out of Ireland. "

———San Francisco Chronicle

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

———The Seattle Times

"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