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"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. Short-listed for the Booker Prize.
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"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 England's prestigious Booker Prize. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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5.0 von 5 Sternen
Simultaneous sympathy and revulsion for protagonist.,
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: The Butcher Boy (Taschenbuch)
McCabe creates a seductive tale of a boy's innocence compromised, luring us into sympathizing with and even identifying with the main character at the same time that we are horrified by his behavior. A single hurtful experience initiated by the malicious Mrs. Nugent starts the inexorable spiral. Events, both real and imagined, begin to engulf Francie, causing him to react instinctively, rather than rationally. His problems are compounded, as hostile, or even venal, adults exert their power over him. Still, we cannot help liking Francie and hoping for his future even as he repels us and and those around him by his actions. A psychological study fascinating as much for its effect on the reader as for its depiction of an increasingly disturbed youth.
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4.0 von 5 Sternen
another great Irish writer,
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: The Butcher Boy (Gebundene Ausgabe)
I think those who didn't like the novel are just not used to Irish voices -- read some Yeats, Joyce, etc... and then come back and read this again. It's innovative, experimental and depressing as all hell. It's makes Catcher in the Rye look like comedy. It's an Irish Heart of Darkness. You may not enjoy the story, but it's hard not to find the writing brilliant. Despite the fact that I felt like I needed to purify myself after reading this, it's an excellent work of literature. McCabe is a terrific writer.
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A truly memorable book,
Rezension bezieht sich auf: The Butcher Boy (Taschenbuch)
I skimmed through the other reviews and notice a somewhat distinct pattern. Most, if not all, of the non-flattering reviews of this book have come from people outside of Ireland, which in itself tells a story. I am not saying that you have to be Irish to understand the quick slippery slope to madness that Francis undertook but it certainly helps you to understand this book fully. I have never known a Francis Brady in my life, in Ireland, but I certainly have come across parts of him in my childhood and the childhood of the people I grew up with. When you have this understanding of the character it does make the book that much more worthwhile. An example, the notion of the "garage' (madhouse) has put fear into generations of Irish and it is something that certainly the poorer section of the Irish community have had to deal with at some stage in their life. If McCabe had started the book with a description of Francis's family, any one would have known what was to become of him. Instead he offered this initially "normal' boy who as he grew, and the author divulged more and more of his family history, turned into the boy you would expect him to. Okay not all boys who have similar past murder but they certainly are no angels. McCabe not only captured the innocence of one boys childhood in country Ireland but also that boys evitable fall into a madness that was his destiny. Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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