Francie Brady rides again: Patrick McCabe resurrects his most famous character for his latest novel

Pat McCabe resurrects his most famous creation for his latest novel. He tells Richard Fitzpatrick why he’s gone back to The Butcher Boy and characters inspired by his hometown

PATRICK MCCABE is back in the saddle with one of Irish literature’s great anti-heroes 27 years after the publication of The Butcher Boy, his Booker Prize-nominated novel that was later made into a Neil Jordan film.