The Butcher Boy
"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," saidThe Washington Post.Short-listed for the Bram Stoker Award and England's prestigious Booker Prize.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.