A Troublesome Boy - Hardcover

"Just when I was thinking St. Iggy s must be in the next county, there it was up at the top of the hill. Rita was right. Jeezus creepy place. Red brick, three stories, rows of squinty windows. Looked exactly like a prison."
from the book"

"A Troublesome Boy is full of tension, humour, disturbing characters as well as sympathetic ones, a commentary on Catholic schools and the abuse that pupils endured in the 1950's, and a beautifully constructive narrative voice."--CM Magazine
"Just when I was thinking St. Iggy's must be in the next county, there it was up at the top of the hill. Rita was right. Jeezus creepy place. Red brick, three stories, rows of squinty windows. Looked exactly like a prison."
-- from the book

After he is sent to St. Ignatius Academy for Boys, Teddy becomes friends with Cooper, a fellow student.