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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. What struck me is how much better a young terrorist was treated in the 1940s than he would be today.  mulliner | Oct 18, 2009 |  Behan's apostasy of IRA dogma meshes perfectly with his hatred of foreign rule. Surviving British prison moves the target of his just ire from foreigners to the powerful. I paraphrase: "I have more in common with an English house painter than with the president of Ireland, who has more in common with the Queen." WrathofAchilles | Jan 23, 2008 | Interesting for the language and prison slang as much as for the story. (  ) Clurb | Aug 13, 2007 | A seemingly-artless novel with moments of sheer lyrical power. It's funny, too. (  )2  Hera | Feb 15, 2007 | Blustering, bawdy and as anti-English as you can get. The Irish humor and exaggeration make it worthwhile. (  ) JPWyatt | Jan 21, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0099706504, Paperback)Brendan Behan was an Irish playwright and novelist, as well as a youthful revolutionary. In 1939, at age 16, he was arrested in Liverpool with a suitcase full of high explosives.BORSTAL BOY is the autobiographical record of Behan's experiences from that day through his imprisonment, trial, remand to reform school and final release. Schools for delinquents in England are called Borstal Institutions, and Behan's account of his years as a "Borstal Boy" is told in vigorous, dramatic prose. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:23 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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