Just moved in to a new apartment, alone for the first time in years, Victor Forde goes every evening to Donnelly’s pub for a pint, a slow one.
One evening his drink is interrupted. A man in shorts and pink shirt brings over his pint and sits down. He seems to know Victor’s name and to remember him from school. Says his name is Fitzpatrick.
Victor dislikes him on sight, dislikes too the memories that Fitzpatrick stirs up of five years being taught by the Christian Brothers.
He prompts other memories too – of Rachel, his beautiful wife who became a celebrity, and of Victor’s own small claim to fame, as the man who says the unsayable on the radio.
But it’s the memories of school, and of one particular Brother, that he cannot control and which eventually threaten to destroy his sanity.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Jonathan Cape, 2017, London. Hard Cover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Stated "First published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape in 2017", first printing with a full number line starting at "1". 8-3/4" tall, 213 numbered pages followed by an unnumbered last page of text; one-piece black cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine; front board is plain; plain cardinal red end pages; fore edge is trimmed. Book is new and nearly pristine: it is square, binding quite clean, hinges tight, corners not bumped, no dings on edges, head of spine lightly dinged. The interior is pristine: it is perfectly clean and free of writing (other than the author's signature), stray marks, stains or discolorations of any sort or paper damage of any type; paper is very lightly toned, very flexible and not at all brittle. Jacket is clean; no tears, folds or fading; no scrapes or scratches; very slight crease at head of spine; raised letters of author's name and title on front panel evident (they have not been crushed); publisher's original price of "£14.99" listed on the lower right corner of front flap; small (3/4" x 11/16") black-on-white store sticker "(240817 / £18.70)" on lower left corner of rear panel. Condition of book and jacket consistent with being brand new and not read. No other discernible or objectionable faults on book or jacket such as marks or writing within, stains, tears, chips, or other damage that would diminish its appearance. No remainder mark, no previous owner markings or inscriptions, not price clipped, not a book club edition, not a former library book. Signed by the author in thin black felt pen in the middle of the title page. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # BMR-2021-2-25-6
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