The Butcher Boy
by Patrick McCabe
Taste attributes: psychologicaldramacrimefresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringself destruction/implosioncoming of ageinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeDark and fresh: an intimate book, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.3 / 5
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About This Book
Francie Brady, the "pig boy," is growing up in a poor small Irish town in the early sixties, fueled on an adolescent's comic books, Flash Bars, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. He is determined to win the Francie Brady Not A Bad Bastard Anymore Diploma. But how do you do that when your mother is sent to the madhouse, your father is an alcoholic, and everyone turns their back on you?
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- Author
- Patrick McCabe
- Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 215
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- Open Library
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