{"product_id":"2940170740819","title":"The Butcher Boy (Abridged)","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen I was a lad twenty or thirty or forty years ago I lived in a small town where they were all after me on account of what I done on Mrs. Nugent. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Welcome to the mind of Francie Brady. Just what Francie did to Mrs. Nugent is the final, terrifying act of a young boy at the end of a relentless descent into a world of scorn and fear, brought to unforgettably vivid life in this tour-de-force performance by author Patrick McCabe. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Francie Brady, the \"pig boy,\" is growing up in a poor small Irish town in the early sixties, fueled on an adolescent's comic books, Flash Bars, and John Wayne movies. He is determined to win the \u003ci\u003eFrancie Brady Not a Bad Bastard Anymore Diploma\u003c\/i\u003e. But how do you do that when your mother is sent to the madhouse, your father is an alcoholic, and everyone turns their back on you? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Soon to be a major motion picture from Neil Jordan (\u003ci\u003eInterview with the Vampire, The Crying Game\u003c\/i\u003e), and read with the bravura performance style that has earned McCabe raves on both sides of the Atlantic, \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning audio thriller.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100682731760,"sku":"2940170740819","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170740819_p0.jpg?v=1763715862","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170740819","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}