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With an introduction by Ross RaisinA modern classic of Irish fiction, shortlisted for the 1992 Booker prize.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.Francie 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 son's missing comic books, Francie's reckless streak spirals out of control and gives rise to a monstrous obsession . . .Fearless, shocking and blackly funny, Patrick McCabe's 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.
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The Butcher Boy, Patrick McCabe
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- Pubblicato
- 2015
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- Titolo
- The Butcher Boy
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Patrick McCabe
- Editore
- Picador
- Pubblicato
- 2015
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 256
- ISBN10
- 1447275160
- ISBN13
- 9781447275169
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Gialli & Thriller, Gialli, Thriller, Horror, Amicizia, Relazioni, Omicidi, Thriller psicologici, Crescita, Adattato in un film, Irlanda, Violenza, Perdita, Letteratura irlandese, Romanzi psicologici, Infanzia, Relazioni Familiari, Disturbi Mentali, Odio, Piccola città, Alcolismo, Anni '60 del 20° secolo, Incendio doloso, Premio Booker, Morte in famiglia
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1992
- Titolo originale
- The Butcher Boy
- Valutazione
- 3,85 su 5
- Descrizione
- With an introduction by Ross RaisinA modern classic of Irish fiction, shortlisted for the 1992 Booker prize.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.Francie 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 son's missing comic books, Francie's reckless streak spirals out of control and gives rise to a monstrous obsession . . .Fearless, shocking and blackly funny, Patrick McCabe's 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.