McCabe, Patrick

Patrick McCabe was born in Ireland in 1955. His novels include "The Butcher Boy," winner of the Irish Times/Aer Lingus Literature Prize, which was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize and made into a highly acclaimed film directed by Neil Jordan, and "Breakfast On Pluto," published in 1998, also on the Booker Prize shortlist. He lives in Sligo with his wife and two daughters.