Final Page: 12 Angry Gobshites

In the latest instalment of my ‘Final Page’ series, I now present the last page of my courtroom drama ‘12 Angry Gobshites’. First published in 1964, reviews were unkind. The New York Times called it “…a novel of such ground-breaking awfulness, one has to ask if humankind shouldn’t now step aside and allow monkeys to come through as the dominant primates.”

The London Times followed a similar line, asking “…has humanity overstayed its welcome? Should we now join the dinosaurs in extinction? On the evidence of this novel, it is hard to justify our continued consumption of the earth’s resources. We are a failed species.”

Lofty criticism indeed. Click here to read on.