The Butcher Boy ( Signed Copy.)

Patrick McCabe ( Signed Copy.)

ISBN 10: 033032358X / ISBN 13: 9780330323581

Published by Picador, 1992

About this Item

1992 UK Picador third impression. Hardback. Very good copy in like dustwrapper. Previous owner details to the fep. Signed by the Author to title page.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1763648063317

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Butcher Boy ( Signed Copy.)
• Publisher: Picador
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033032358X
• ISBN 13: 9780330323581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 3rd Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 375 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

(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)

Review

"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. "Imagine Huck Finn crossed with Charlie Starkweather," said The Washington Post. Short-listed for the Bram Stoker Award and England's prestigious Booker Prize.