Patrick McCabe writes dark Irish fiction in which small-town life, violence, fantasy and black comedy often blur together. The Butcher Boy is narrated by Francie Brady, a troubled boy in a provincial town whose comic, slang-filled voice becomes increasingly disturbing as isolation and violence grow. Breakfast on Pluto follows Patrick 'Pussy' Braden from a restrictive Irish upbringing towards London, gender self-invention and the political violence of the 1970s. McCabe's novels frequently use unreliable or unstable narrators, abrupt tonal shifts and popular culture to make ordinary settings feel grotesque or surreal. His work fits Irish literary fiction, gothic fiction and black comedy, with affinities to Flann O'Brien and Irvine Welsh for readers comfortable with difficult narrators and bleak humour. Read more Less
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