The Butcher Boy (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Patrick McCabe
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The early 1960’s
- Setting: A small town in Ireland
- Principal Characters: Francie Brady, Benny Brady, Annie Brady, Joe Purcell, Philip Nugent, Mrs. Nugent
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Child rearing or parenting, Family or family life, Suicide, Social life, Child abuse, Tragedy, Ireland or Irish people, Priests, Nostalgia, Private schools
- Locales: Ireland
Patrick McCabe has published two novels, Music on Clinton Street (1986) and Carn (1989), and one book for children, The Adventures of Shay Mouse (1985), in England and Ireland. The Butcher Boy marks his impressive introduction to the American reading public. Inspired by a grisly news story that McCabe first encountered in the form of a radio play when he was eight years old, the novel draws on other sources as well. Although McCabe composed the novel while living in England, where he was teaching learning-disabled children, the small town which is its...
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