{"product_id":"the-butcher-boy","title":"The Butcher Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by Ross Raisin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA modern classic of Irish fiction, shortlisted for the 1992 Booker prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fearless, shocking and blackly funny, Patrick McCabe's \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Boy\u003c\/i\u003e won the 1992 \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47498297049313,"sku":null,"price":500.5,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/9033\/0593\/files\/7661323482703.jpg?v=1763725366","url":"https:\/\/perfectbookhouse.com\/products\/the-butcher-boy","provider":"PERFECT BOOK HOUSE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}