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The Butcher Boy is a 1992 novel by Patrick McCabe. It was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize and won the 1992 Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Fiction. The Butcher Boy is set in a small town in Ireland in the late 1950s. It tells the story of Francis 'Francie' Brady, a schoolboy who retreats into a violent fantasy world as his troubled home life collapses. In the early part of the book it becomes apparent that Francie's mother is frequently abused both verbally and physically by her... full article at wikipedia
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  • Jul 13, 1997
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  • 109.0min
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  • 033032358X
  • 1993
  • 0330328743
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