{"product_id":"9781035065226","title":"The Butcher Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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.   Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55732063994232,"sku":"9781035065226","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781035065226.jpg?v=1794268199","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781035065226","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}