TOGETHER WITH THE BOOKER PRIZE WRAPAROUND AND BOOKMARK.

MCCABE, Patrick ~ The Butcher Boy.

FIRST UK PRINTING. Picador/Pan Books Ltd, London: 1992.

8vo., black boards lettered in green to spine with 'Picador' printed to foot; bright green endpapers; in the unclipped dustwrapper (£14.99 to front flap) featuring an illustration by Rob McCaig; together also with the red Booker Prize wraparound band; THE BOOK lightly bumped at spine tips, and one small dent to the upper edge of the rear board, othwerwise fine; THE WRAPPER with a couple of tiny creases and scratches, otherwise also near-fine; THE WRAPAROUND a little rubbed, particularly along the front adjoining fold, but still very good +. Both the wrapper and band are protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First UK edition, this copy together with the band and a 1992 Booker Shortlist bookmark loosely inserted. Patrick McCabe was born in Clones, County Monaghan, and moved to London at the age of 17 in order to find work, and to write. He achieved great success with a series of short stories and plays, some of which were broadcast by the BBC, as well as two novels, 'Music on Clinton Street' (1986) and 'Carn' (1989). With plots which tend to revolve around dark and violent themes, mostly set in contemporary, small-town Ireland, The Butcher Boy' is no exception, and tells the story of Francis, a troubled schoolboy whose life gradually deteriorates into madness and despair. Violent, tragic, and humorous in equal measure, McCabe was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1992, but lost out to Michael Ondaatje's 'The English Patient'. The book was nonetheless praised for its depictions of Irish identity, political violence and dysfunctional families during a period of great change during 1960s Ireland. Scarce with these attributes.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Near Fine