{"product_id":"the-butcher-boy-ae-patrick-mcgabe-suntup-editions-2022-1st-edition","title":"The Butcher Boy AE - Patrick McGabe - Suntup Editions - 2022 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Butcher Boy AE - Patrick McGabe - Suntup Editions - 2022 1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA powerful and unrelenting journey into a young boy’s heart of darkness, The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe is startlingly original and impossible to put out of your mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in a small town in Ireland in the early 1960s, The Butcher Boy is the story of Frances “Francie” Brady, also known as “pig boy,” the only child of an alcoholic father and a mother driven mad by despair. As his troubled home life collapses, Francie retreats into a violent fantasy world. Held up for scorn and ridicule by the sanctimonious neighbor Mrs. Nugent, and dropped by his best friend Joe in favor of Mrs. Nugent’s son, Francie finally finds a target for his rage, and a focus for his twisted, horrific plan. Dark, haunting, and often screamingly funny, The Butcher Boy chronicles the pig boy’s ominous loss of innocence and chilling descent into madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in a hybrid of first-person narrative and stream of consciousness, critics marveled at Patrick McCabe’s unique use of rhythm and language upon the novel’s publication in 1992. Critic Tim Guathier claimed McCabe’s style of writing forces the reader to “constantly reassess Francie Brady’s psychological stability,” making the novel all the more terrifying. The New York Times hailed The Butcher Boy as “stunning… part Huck Finn, part Holden Caulfield, part Hannibal Lecter.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Butcher Boy won the 1992 Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Fiction, and was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize. In 1997, it was adapted by the author and Neil Jordan into an award-winning film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTIST EDITION\u003cbr\u003e6” x 9” trim size.\u003cbr\u003e248 Pages.\u003cbr\u003eLimited to 1000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eFull cloth, smyth-sewn binding.\u003cbr\u003eTwo-hits foil stamping.\u003cbr\u003eNew exclusive introduction by Patrick McCabe.\u003cbr\u003eSix full color illustrations by David Lupton.\u003cbr\u003eDust jacket featuring wraparound artwork by David Lupton (the only edition featuring the dust jacket).\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated endsheets by David Lupton.\u003cbr\u003eSigned by the artist.\u003cbr\u003ePrinted offset on premium Mohawk Via.\u003cbr\u003eHoused in an embossed paper covered slipcase.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suntup Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53266555109649,"sku":"INV-00085","price":180.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/6140\/6993\/files\/P1010945_be241192-ccf4-4646-a575-1ed8dee3afb8.png?v=1779255477","url":"https:\/\/finepressfinds.com.au\/products\/the-butcher-boy-ae-patrick-mcgabe-suntup-editions-2022-1st-edition","provider":"Fine Press Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}