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Borstal Boy
by Behan, Brendan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Bridgewater , Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
"Borstal Boy" by Brendan Behan. London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., [1958]. First Edition. pp. 343. frontispiece photo. of author. Hardcover, maroon cloth with silver title on spine (corners bent on front cover, 2 worn spots on cover's edge, few marks, some light foxing to margins, shelf wear to covers, owner's stamp on front free endpaper, original bookseller's invoice inserted). dj., unclipped (bit tattered and chipped, foxed- mostly inside dust jacket, spine darkened). Dust jacket design by B. S. Biro.
Very Good condition. (dust jacket- Good condition).
Size: 8 5/8" x 5 7/8" (22cm x 15cm).
Born in Dublin in 1923. Joining the IRA at sixteen, he was imprisoned in the U.K. and in Ireland. While in prison he learned to speak Irish. His first play, "The Quare Fellow" was performed in Dublin in 1954. The Irish play, "An Giall" debuted in 1958. It's English version, called "The Hostage" was very successful. The novel, "Borstal Boy" became an international bestseller. It was based on his experiences at Hollesley Bay prison (borstal) near Woodbridge, Suffolk. By the beginning of the 1960s he was spending most of his time in New York City. But his alcoholism was ruining his health. He died in 1964, age 41.
Synopsis
Borstal Boy is an autobiographical 1958 book by Brendan Behan. The story depicts a young, fervently idealistic Behan who loses his naivete over the three years of his sentence, softening his radical stance and warming to the other prisoners. From a technical standpoint, the novel is chiefly notable for the art with which it captures the lively dialogue of the Borstal inmates, with all the variety of the British Isles' many subtly distinctive accents intact on the page.
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- Bookseller
- Bazaar of Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A74
- Title
- Borstal Boy
- Author
- Behan, Brendan
- Illustrator
- B. S. Biro
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, maroon cloth with silver title on spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Pages
- 343
- Weight
- 1.21 lbs
- Keywords
- Brendan Behan, writer, playwright, poet, Irish literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Ireland;
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