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A review by arumyn
The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
3.0
A literary achievement? Surely.
Creative to the bone? Why of course!
But also endlessly sickening. The author is a sadist I'll never want to meet and to claim one has"enjoyed" this novel is to confess one's a masochist.
Some passages can get excruciating. They lack the wit, or the humor, or the disturbing albeit interesting derangement that makes The Butcher Boy worth reading.
This one will fuck with your sanity, it certainly did with mine. Avoid if you're too sensitive.
Creative to the bone? Why of course!
But also endlessly sickening. The author is a sadist I'll never want to meet and to claim one has"enjoyed" this novel is to confess one's a masochist.
Some passages can get excruciating. They lack the wit, or the humor, or the disturbing albeit interesting derangement that makes The Butcher Boy worth reading.
This one will fuck with your sanity, it certainly did with mine. Avoid if you're too sensitive.