The Butcher Boy - Nominated for The Man Booker Prize 1992
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| Verlag | Macmillan Publishers International |
| Auflage | 2015 |
| Seiten | 256 |
| Format | 13,1 x 19,9 x 1,6 cm |
| Gewicht | 218 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Picador Classic 15 |
| ISBN-10 | 1447275160 |
| EAN | 9781447275169 |
| Bestell-Nr | 44727516UA |
A modern classic of Irish fiction about troubled boys from dysfunctional families.
Klappentext:
With an introduction by Ross Raisin.
A modern classic of Irish fiction, shortlisted for the 1992 Booker prize.
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 troubles at home and getting up to mischief with his best friend Joe - hiding in the chicken-house, shouting abuse at fish in the local stream. But after a disagreement with his neighbour Mrs Nugent over her son\'s missing comic books, Francie\'s reckless streak spirals out of control and gives rise to a monstrous obsession . . .
Fearless, shocking and blackly funny, Patrick McCabe\'s The Butcher Boy won the 1992 Irish Times Literature Prize and was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize. It is a modern classic of Irish fiction, a portrait of the insidious violence latent in small town life and of a frenzied young man lashing out at everyone, even himself.
Rezension:
Brilliant, unique . . . reading fiction will never be the same again Roddy Doyle
