Description
The first edition, first impression of The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe.
Octavo, [6], 215pp, [3]. Black hardcover, title stamped in green on the spine. The first impression, with a full number line on the copyright page. Bright green endpapers. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, £14.99 on the front flap, touch of shelf wear, with artwork by Rob McCaig.
The Butcher Boy won the Irish Times/Aer Lingus Literature Prize and was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize. The novel was adapted into the 1997 film directed by Neil Jordan.
