{"product_id":"9781035065226","title":"The Butcher Boy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  McCabe, Patrick \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 March 2025 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of the Picador Collection series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 16 | 182g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA modern classic of Irish fiction, shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I was a young lad twenty or thirty or forty years ago I lived in a small town where they were all after me on account of what I done on Mrs Nugent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancie Brady is a small-town rascal who spends his days turning a blind eye to the troubles at home and getting up to mischief with his best friend Joe – hiding in the chicken-house, shouting abuse at fish in the local stream. But after a disagreement with his neighbour Mrs Nugent over her sons missing comic books, Francies reckless streak spirals out of control and gives rise to a monstrous obsession . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFearless, shocking and blackly funny, Patrick McCabes The Butcher Boy won the 1992 Irish Times Literature Prize and was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize. It is a modern classic of Irish fiction, a portrait of the insidious violence latent in small town life and of a frenzied young man lashing out at everyone, even himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54999523295607,"sku":"9781035065226","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781035065226.jpg?v=1741634479","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781035065226","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}