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Borstal Boy is both a riveting self-portrait and a window into the problems, passions, and heartbreak of Ireland's past. It is also a record of a change of heart. Inside the borstal (reform school), Behan meets British Protestants who are there for reasons of their own.
Brendan Behan’s Borstal Boy Published in Issue 6 (November/December 2014), Reviews, Volume 22. Gaiety Theatre, Verdant Productions, 11 Sept.–25 Oct. 2014. By Donal Fallon. In June 1959 the Irish Times noted that, with the success of The Hostage and his book Borstal Boy, the name of Brendan Behan ‘has become almost as well-known through theatrically-minded Europe as those of Shaw and ...
16 de abr. de 2023 · John Yorke examines Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan, hearing from Colm Tóibín, in the series that looks at books, plays and stories and how they work. Show more. Download.
28 de jul. de 2009 · Borstal Boy. Brendan Behan. Random House, Jul 28, 2009 - Biography & Autobiography - 384 pages. 'I have him bitched, balloxed and bewildered, for there's a system and a science in taking the piss out of a screw and I'm a well-trained man at it.'. So writes Brendan Behan, poet, writer and literary legend, of the episode that coloured his life.
18 de dic. de 2009 · Timely history of how borstal boy ended up getting 'Letterfrack treatment' Ireland’s ‘Moral Hospital’ The Irish Borstal System 1906-1956 By Conor Reidy Irish Academic Press 256 pp. £45.
1 de sept. de 2004 · Borstal Boy (Nonpareil Books) Paperback – September 1, 2004. by Brendan Behan (Author), Benedict Kiely (Afterword) 4.4 504 ratings. See all formats and editions. Book Description. Editorial Reviews. A teenage volunteer in the IRA, a fanatical believer, Brendan Behan was arrested with explosives at the age of 17 and spent three years locked in ...
affectionate boy, found him distressing to meet and embarrassing to avoid. I would have a good excuse for not meeting him for some time to come. The blonde studied the Gaelic writing over Vereker’s shoulder. Disgusted, he turned to me and shouted, ‘You facquing bestud, how would you like to see a woman cut in two by a plate-glass window?’
