MURDER SCHOOL

A memoir of British middle school bullying and one precocious comic nerd s fight to make it through while remaining as invisible as possible Paul B Rainey takes a look back at his middle school education and the indignities suffered a mix of stalled friendships pitched battles with martinets and exasperated pleading with intractable parents Playground games take on outsized importance as Paul and his friends seek respite from a particularly abusive science teacher Paul jockeys to hold his place in the complicated hierarchy of school bullying Rainey takes a classic school daze tale both wistful and hilarious and manages to turn it on its head with a couple of his now famous twists Find out the truth behind The Murder School and the effect it s had on Rainey well into middle age