The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy (1992) is a book by Irish writer Patrick McCabe. The book was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize and won the 1992 Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Fiction.

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Irish - Patrick McCabe - Booker Prize - Irish Times

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The book is considered to be the most remarkable book by the author. It tells the odd story of Francie Brady, a schoolboy who works for a slaughterhouse, as he slowly approaches the brutal violence.

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The book was turned into a film directed by Neil Jordan in 1997. It starred Stephen Rea and Fiona Shaw.

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Neil Jordan - 1997 - Stephen Rea - Fiona Shaw

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