Set in the Anglo-Irish world of “great houses” during their days of waning influence in the first half of the 20th century, this satire attacks the emotional frigidity of a society that has allowed propriety and decorum to replace sincerity… Read More ›
Irish literature analysis
Analysis of Patrick McCabe’s The Butcher Boy
Based on the author’s recollection of a radio play he heard as a child, this dark novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1992 and became the basis of a film adaptation by Neil Jordan in 1998. The first-person… Read More ›
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