Book description
"When 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". So speaks Francie Brady, the narrator and
anti-hero of THE BUTCHER BOY . When the story begins Francie is a bit of
a scamp, full of curiosity and mischief. Then an unpleasant encounter
with Mrs Nugent on the subject of her son's missing comic books propels
Francie to the brink of madness, and beyond. McCabe's depiction of
small-town Irish life and of one boy's deterioration into madness and
despair is, surprisingly, one of the most raucous, earthy and
horrifically hilarious stories of all time. Dark and gothic, funny and
tragic, starring a child who retains the pathos of a grubby urchin even
as he evolves into a monster, THE BUTCHER BOY is an absolute treasure.
