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The Butcher Boy is a 1992 novel by Patrick McCabe. Set in a small town in Ireland in the early 1960s, it tells the story of Francis "Francie" Brady, a schoolboy who retreats into a violent fantasy world as his troubled home life collapses.
- Patrick McCabe
- 1992
Patrick McCabe’s novel, “The Butcher Boy,” is a disturbing and thought-provoking work that has been the subject of much critical analysis. The novel tells the story of Francis Brady, a young boy growing up in a small town in Ireland in the early 1960s.
The book is a mental portrait of a damaged Irish youth's descent into tragedy. It is told in the provincial vernacular of the protagonist, Francis Brady.
This novel by Patrick McCabe, which was made into an award-winning film directed by Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan in 1997, is based on the true story of a young Irish boy who brutally murdered...
In The Butcher Boy, Patrick McCabe, himself born in the small town of Clones in Ireland’s County Monahan, crafts a disturbing portrait of a young killer’s descent into madness in a small town in Ireland. The story is based on a gruesome news story that McCabe heard as a radio drama when he was only eight years old.
The Butcher Boy is a 1992 novel by Patrick McCabe. Set in a small town in Ireland in the early 1960's, it tells the story of Francis "Francie" Brady, a schoolboy who retreats into a violent fantasy world as his troubled home life collapses. تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سی و یکم ماه مارس سال 2014میلادی.
Through his narrator’s stream of consciousness, Patrick McCabe portrays the descent into madness of a young killer in small-town Ireland in the 1960s. This is the story of Francis ‘Francie’ Brady, whose troubled home life leaves him violent and detached, yet somehow still childlike.
