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The Butcher Boy Book

"I was thinking how right ma was--Mrs Nugent all smiles when she met us and how are you getting on Mrs and young Francis are you both well?...what she was really saying was: Ah hello Mrs Pig how are you and look Philip do you see what's coming now--The Pig Family!" This is a precisely crafted, often lyrical, portrait of the descent into madness of a young killer in small-town Ireland. Short-listed for the Booker Prize.Read More

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  • Amazon

    Set in Ireland, this book tells the story of teenage hero Francie Brady. Things begin to fall apart after his mother's suicide - when he is consumed with fury and commits a horrible crime. Committed to an asylum, it is only here that he finally achieves peace. Shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize.

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    Set in Ireland this book tells the story of teenage hero Francie Brady. Things begin to fall apart after his mother's suicide - when he is consumed with fury and commits a horrible crime. Committed to an asylum it is only here that he finally achieves peace. Shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize.

  • Waterstones

    A shockingly funny story of lunacy and murder in small-town Ireland.

  • 0330328743
  • 9780330328746
  • Patrick McCabe
  • 12 March 1993
  • Picador
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 224
  • New edition
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