{"product_id":"book-ac21","title":"The Butcher Boy","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 \u003cp\u003eWelcome 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancie 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348275142960,"sku":"BDac21","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/149052-ac21-Square.jpg?v=1734218832","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ac21","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}