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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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- Année de publication
- 2015
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- Titre
- The Butcher Boy
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Patrick McCabe
- Éditeur
- Picador
- Publié
- 2015
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 1447275160
- ISBN13
- 9781447275169
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Polars & Thrillers, Polars, Thriller, Horreur, Amitié, Relations, Meurtres, Thrillers psychologiques, Maturation, Adapté au cinéma, Irlande, Violence, Perte, Littérature irlandaise, Romans psychologiques, Enfance, Relations familiales, Troubles mentaux, Haine, Petite ville, Alcoolisme, Années 60, Incendie criminel, Prix Booker, Décès dans la famille
- Première publication
- 1992
- Titre original
- The Butcher Boy
- Évaluation
- 3,85 sur 5
- Description
- 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.