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title: "The Butcher Boy: A Novel"
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# The Butcher Boy: A Novel

**Brand:** patrick mccabe
**Price:** € 34.24
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The Butcher Boy: A Novel

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## Customer Reviews

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    Boy, Interrupted
  

*by M***O on Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017*

Well, this one certainly turns the old Bildungsroman genre on its head. We definitely get the coming-of-age story of the main character, Francie Brady, but it is characterized by a distinct lack of growth. Francie describes the stasis of his development. And his inability to cope with his world changing around him, as well as his nature, leads him down his macabre path.McCabe writes well, using Francie's eye to evoke both the commonplace and the ghastly. His first person narrative is also remarkable in its ability to convincingly portray a delusional youth. The frame of the narrative, though, is pretty thin and the reader is left to wonder at the current state of the story-teller. Specifically, one wonders if Francie, in his older life, has come to understand or regret his actions.One has to think the answer is no. As Francie tells his story, he seems to conceive of the disparity between his past dialogue with others and his concomitant inner monologue as evidence of his own cleverness, rather than as a fraying disguise. Of course, to the reader, this is a source of mounting tension.This is an excellent book, deserving of the accolades it received. I'm not sure why I'm disinclined to give it five stars. It approaches perfection in its intent and execution. I'm afraid my reluctance may be just a matter of taste; I wasn't dazzled as I read it, even though I knew it to be stellar.

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    Written from the viewpoint of a person who is very obviously off kilter mentally right from the beginning but still sees the wor
  

*by R***R on Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2016*

A beutifully written book with a lot of Irish idioms that I normally find distracting but in this case work very well indeed.  Written from the viewpoint of a person who is very obviously off kilter mentally right from the beginning but still sees the world through that great sense of Irish humour.  So, as the guy continues to go further and further off the tracks, the suspense is punctuated by bouts of really funny observations.  This is the first book by Mr. MCcabe that I have had the good fortune to read but it certainly won't be the last.  Highest reccomendation!

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    The classic accident; you just can't help looking
  

*by E***Y on Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2014*

This is probably one of the most disturbing books I've read in a very long time.  As noted, it is very much like a major accident that you don't want to look at because you know that you will see mangled bodies, etc., but you just have to look.  So many times during the narrative, I just wanted to get the boy out of his misery and find him a decent home, but upon reading, he didn't want that either.  Above all, I just wanted to smack some of the people around him and ask them just what they were thinking insofar as the way they treated Francie.  It was probably their fault all along that things turned out the way they did.  This, along without the proper mental care in place, led to horrific consequences.

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