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...

A New York Times Notable Book"[A] moving, brilliantly told tale. . . full of human comedy and cruelty." ? Washington Post Book WorldFrom internationally acclaimed author Patrick McCabe, the Booker Prize-nominated novel that tracks the...

"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." Thus begins Patrick McCabe's shattering novel The Butcher Boy, a powerful and...