by Patrick McCabe · 10/18 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782264027856
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«Le Garçon boucher» is the novel by Patrick McCabe, published by 10/18 in paperback (216 pages, in French).
Francie Brady recalls his childhood in a town in Northern Ireland in the 1960s. A minor incident, some comic books stolen from a local boy, triggers his slide into violence and crime. Written with the rhythm of a ballad, the novel mixes harshness and humor to portray loneliness, social segregation and human stupidity.
The original title is The Butcher Boy (1992). The novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Irish Times Irish Literature Prize (fiction). The French translation is by Édith Soonckindt.
For readers of Irish fiction and literary fiction seeking a social portrait through the eyes of a child.
Patrick McCabe is an Irish writer. Known for his mostly dark and violent novels set in contemporary—often small-town—Ireland, McCabe has been twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for The Butcher Boy (1992) and Breakfast on Pluto (1998), both of which have been made into films.
