Confesiones de un rebelde irlandés (original 1965; edition 1999)

by Brendan Behan

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The immigration man read my deportation order, looked at it and handed it back to me. 'Are you Irish?' he asked me. 'No' I said 'as a matter of fact, I'm Yemenite Arab.' Two detectives came forward who were evidently there to meet me. 'Apparently he is Brendan Behan,' they said. The immigration officer shook my hand and his hard face softened. 'Cead mile failte romhat abhaile.' (A hundred thousand welcomes home to you.) I could not answer. There are no words and it would be impertinence to try. I walked down the gangway. I was free. First published after Brendan Behan's tragic death, Confessions of an Irish Rebel picks up where Borstal Boy left off. Not only is it the last instalment of a unique and unorthodox autobiography, but of a unique and unorthodox life that was as touched with genius as it was with doom.… (more)

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Confessions of an Irish Rebel by Brendan Behan (1965)

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Behan’s autobiography that basically covers his adult years, after Borstal Boy. This has a lot of wit and flashes of brilliance. “Like Sean O’Casey, the greatest playwright living in my opinion, my family’s land was all in window-boxes.” “I have a sense of humour that would nearly cause me to laugh at a funeral, providing it wasn’t my own.” “Nothing of any consequence happened on our way to the border apart from a few little shootings here and there.”

This isn’t as coherent as Borstal Boy and actually devolves late into a series of anecdotes, like stories told over a few pints in a pub. (

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Brendan was not a good man but he sure could write, (

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Behan, Brendan	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Böll, Annemarie	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Bekenntnisse eines irischen Rebellen

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The immigration man read my deportation order, looked at it and handed it back to me. 'Are you Irish?' he asked me. 'No' I said 'as a matter of fact, I'm Yemenite Arab.' Two detectives came forward who were evidently there to meet me. 'Apparently he is Brendan Behan,' they said. The immigration officer shook my hand and his hard face softened. 'Cead mile failte romhat abhaile.' (A hundred thousand welcomes home to you.) I could not answer. There are no words and it would be impertinence to try. I walked down the gangway. I was free. First published after Brendan Behan's tragic death, Confessions of an Irish Rebel picks up where Borstal Boy left off. Not only is it the last instalment of a unique and unorthodox autobiography, but of a unique and unorthodox life that was as touched with genius as it was with doom.

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