The Butcher Boy
Patrick McCabe
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
3.80
· 20 ratings · 231 pages · Published: 10 Apr 1992
This is a precisely crafted, often lyrical, portrait of the descent into madness of a young killer in small-town Ireland. "Imagine Huck Finn crossed with Charlie Starkweather," said The Washington Post. Short-listed for the Bram Stoker Award and the Man Booker Prize.
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