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Borstal Boy

By Brendan Behan

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Borstal Boy

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'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. Arrested in Liverpool as an agitator for the IRA, he was tried and sent to reform school. He was sixteen years old. The world he entered was brutal and coldly indifferent. Conditions were primitive, and violence simmered just below the surface. Yet Brendan Behan found something more positive than hate in Borstal: friendship, solidarity and healing flashes of kindness. Extraordinarily vivid, fluent, and moving, this is a superb and unforgettable piece of writing. Borstal Boy was adapted into a film in 2000.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
384
Release Date:
1990-04-05
Publication Date:
1990-04-05
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0099706504
ISBN13:
9780099706502
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
274 g
Height:
130 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
43 cm

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