Butcher Boy

London: Picador, 1992. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Picador, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (22 cm); 215pp. Boards full-bound in black cloth with green stamping to spine and kelly green endsheets, wrapped in publisher's spooky illustrated jacket with price intact (£14.99). Jacket generally scuffed and rubbed with minor creasing and toning to margins and previous owner tape repair to closed tears on spine. Board corners and spine ends gently bumped with minor scratches to page edges and slight cocking to binding, yet remains firm. Starting after last free endsheet; pages clean. A Very Good or better copy in like jacket.

The terrifying and humorous tale of a boy who just wants to be loved and his descent into madness.