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...

'Grotesque genius just about sums it up' Marie ClaireMondo Desperado is Patrick McCabe's new offering - not as dark as his previous books it charts the strange goings on in the small town of Barntrosna. Guaranteed laughter on every page...

Malachy Dudgeon has escaped the misery and madness of his childhood home and landed a job in the most famous school in Dublin. The headmaster, Raphael Bell, has overcome his own tragedies to forge a model career, but when Malachy Dudgeon...