Description
The first American edition of The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe.
Octavo, [6], 215pp, [3]. Beige hardcover, cloth spine, title stamped in gilt along the spine. Stated “First Edition 1993” on the copyright page. In the publisher’s fine dust jacket, $19.95 on the front flap, bright illustrations. This work was first published in London by Picador in 1992.
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.
