
The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
I was having rather a dry spell of reading—kept putting book after book aside. So I figured it was time to turn, again, to the Irish....
I’m always on the hunt for books that grab me by the heart and won’t let go.
Here are some of my recommendations. Most of what I love is dark, taking me on a journey deep inside desire, shame, failure, and making me face our collective need for compassion. They are stories about what it means to be human. Stories about how to survive.