The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe

The Butcher Boy is a 1992 novel by Patrick McCabe. Set in a small town in Ireland in the early 1960s, it tells the story of Francis "Francie" Brady, a schoolboy who retreats into a violent fantasy world as his troubled home life collapses. The Butcher Boy won the 1992 Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize.

The 1396th greatest fiction book of all time


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Name Binding Sales Rank Lowest New Lowest Used Published
The Butcher Boy Hardcover 1679071 $10.00 $1.67 1993
Butcher Boy Paperback 4576174 $55.04 $0.80
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The Butcher Boy: Picador Classic (Picador Classics) Paperback 13218210 $6.00 $4.53 2015
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