An edition of Borstal Boy (Nonpareil Book) (1958)

Borstal Boy

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Borstal Boy
Brendan Behan
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An edition of Borstal Boy (Nonpareil Book) (1958)

Borstal Boy

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This miracle of autobiography and prison literature begins: "Friday, in the evening, the landlady shouted up the stairs: 'Oh God, oh Jesus, oh Sacred Heart, Boy, there's two gentlemen here to see you.' I knew by the screeches of her that the gentlemen were not calling to inquire after my health . . . I grabbed my suitcase, containing Pot. Chlor., Sulph Ac, gelignite, detonators, electrical and ignition, and the rest of my Sinn Fein conjurer's outfit, and carried it to the window..." The men were, of course, the police, who knew seventeen-year-old Behan for the anti-imperialist terrorist he was and arrested him. He spent three years as a prisoner in England, primarily in Borstal (reform school), and was then expelled to his homeland, a changed but hardly defeated rebel. Once banned in the Irish Republic, Borstal Boy is both a riveting self-portrait and a clear look into the problems, passions, and heartbreak of Ireland.

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Edition Availability
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Borstal Boy
January 2000, David R. Godine Publisher
Paperback in English
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Borstal Boy
April 5, 1990, ARROW (RAND)
Paperback in English
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Borstal-Boy: Roman
1989, Kiepenheuer
in German - 1. Aufl., [1. - 12. Tsd.]
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Borstal boy
1983, Black Swan
in English
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Borstal boy
1982, D.R. Godine
in English
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Borstal boy
1964, Hutchinson
in English
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Borstal Boy
Publish date unknown, Transworld Publishers Ltd
Paperback

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Paperback
Number of pages
384

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Open Library
OL7816053M
ISBN 10
055299054X
ISBN 13
9780552990547
Library Thing
19329
Goodreads
2175812

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May 26, 2022 Edited by bitnapper Merge works
July 31, 2019 Edited by MARC Bot associate edition with work OL10535923W
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April 24, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs.
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from amazon.com record