Stuff
Patrick Mccabe's Books
-
The Butcher BoyWhen 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. ...Read More
Displaying 1 of
Authors on the Web
Irish Independent, May 13, 2012
...making for vividly realised movies, most notably The Snapper. And Neil Jordan brought his heightened visual imagination to Patrick McCabe's The Butcher Boy, though oddly his own fine novels have never led to screen versions, by himself or anyone else....
Globe and Mail, March 16, 2012
...and plausible. Some other Irish writers well worth searching out: Sebastian Barry. Paul Murray, Cecilia Ahearn, John McGahern, Patrick McCabe, Julia OFaolain, Jennifer Johnston, Liam OFlaherty, Sean OFaolain, Patrick Kavanagh and the wonderful Dermot...
Irish Independent, March 11, 2012
...of the Year, receives an additional trophy and 2,500. Previous winners include Joseph O'Connor, Colum McCann, Patrick McCabe, Deirdre Madden, and Frank McGuinness...
Argus.ie, January 19, 2012
...m in the writing business myself and people in glass houses etc. From every single John Le Carre, Patrick Mccabe and Colin Bateman novel to one-offs, like the horrifying but compelling story of living inside Zimbabwe (The Fear - Peter Godwin), the range...
Irish Independent, December 11, 2011
...McCarthy, Hilary Mantel or Martin Amis, while on the home front William Trevor, John Banville, Joseph O'Connor, Patrick McCabe and Colm Tibn were similarly unforthcoming with full-length fiction, though Tibn's The Empty Family was a very fine short-story...
Telegraph, December 8, 2011
...Club Tour event was held in Simply Books in Bramhall, Cheshire and featured Man Booker Prize nominee author Patrick McCabe. Tell us why your favourite bookshop deserves to host a unique literary event as part of the Book Club Tour 2011. Every month, the...
Telegraph, November 24, 2011
...Books role as a valued bookseller in their local community. The literary event will feature Man Booker nominee Patrick McCabe, talking about his book The Stray Sod Country, with Genevieve Fox, journalist and Chairman of the Telegraph Book Club. Dont...
NOW Lebanon, March 1, 2012
...The Butcher Boy, a 1997 tragicomic drama by Neil Jordan that was adapted from a 1992 novel by Patrick McCabe. The protagonist, a young boy named Francis Brady comes from a troubled home in 1950s Ireland and slowly starts developing sociopathic...
Lowell Sun, February 29, 2012
...a kitchen trash can on the second floor of a six-unit apartment building, according to Deputy Fire Chief Patrick McCabe. The fire was quickly brought under control and contained to the kitchen, but not before water used to extinguish the blaze damaged...
Terranet, February 29, 2012
...does his victims. The cycle ends with Jordan’s “Breakfast on Pluto†(2005). Another coming-of-age-like story based on a Patrick McCabe novel of the same name featuring a colorful character set within a dysfunctional social and...
Poten & Partners, February 28, 2012
...character's grown-up voice-over) make it look very much like a coming-of-age comedy. Jordan's screen adaptation of Patrick McCabe's 1992 novel of the same name tells the sadly hilarious tale of an irrepressible 12-year-old mischief-maker named Francie...
Lebanon Daily Star, February 28, 2012
...character’s grown-up voice-over) make it look very much like a coming-of-age comedy. Jordan’s screen adaptation of Patrick McCabe’s 1992 novel of the same name tells the sadly hilarious tale of an irrepressible 12-year-old mischief-maker named...
Sentinel and Enterprise, February 27, 2012
...anticipating a very busy brush season." Outside burning is not allowed in Lowell, according to Deputy Chief Patrick McCabe. He said it's likely other communities will prohibit outside burning if things stay dry. "My guess is almost all these towns will...
Eureka Street, February 21, 2012
...requires religions to be introspective if they wish to remain strong, this can only be a good thing. Patrick McCabe works at an Adelaide law firm while completing a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. He is a former contributor to the Adelaide University...
