description: "I was thinking how right ma was -- Mrs. Nugent all smiles when she met us and how are you getting on Mrs and young Francis are you both well? . . .what she was really saying was: Ah hello Mrs Pig how are you and look Philip do you see what's coming now -- The Pig Family!"  This is a precisely crafted, often lyrical, portrait of the descent into madness of a young killer in small-town Ireland. "Imagine Huck Finn crossed with Charlie Starkweather," said The Washington Post. Short-listed for the Bram Stoker Award and the Man Booker Prize.
language: English
title: The BUTCHER BOY
titlecomplete: The BUTCHER BOY
characters: Aloysius "Alo" Brady, Joseph Purcell, Francis "Francie" Brady, Philip Nugent, Devlin, Mrs. Nugent, Buttsy, Bernard "Benny" Brady
genres: Literature, Crime, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Irish Literature, Contemporary, Horror, Fiction, Ireland
ratings_count: 8987
places: Monaghan, Bundoran, County Donegal
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Irish Times Irish Literature Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Audioworks