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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.
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The Butcher Boy, Patrick McCabe
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- Released
- 1994
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- Title
- The Butcher Boy
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Patrick McCabe
- Publisher
- Delta
- Released
- 1994
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0385312377
- ISBN13
- 9780385312370
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Thriller, Friendship, Horror, Relationships, Murders, Psychological Thrillers, Adapted for Film, Coming Of Age, Violence, Ireland, Loss, Psychological novels, Childhood, Family relationships, Irish Literature, Hatred, Mental Illness, Small Town, Alcoholism, 1960s, Arson, Booker Prize, Death in the Family
- First published
- 1992
- Original title
- The Butcher Boy
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- 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.