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Borstal Boy (Nonpareil Books) Paperback - 2000
by Behan, Brendan
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- Title Borstal Boy (Nonpareil Books)
- Author Behan, Brendan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Nonpareil
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 386
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher David R. Godine Publisher, Boston
- Date January 2000
- Bookseller's Inventory # 2Y6RVK001FM6_ns
- ISBN 9781567921052 / 1567921051
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.2 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 3.05 cm)
- Reading level 1340
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Ireland
- Ethnic Orientation: Irish
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
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, it is a superb and unforgettable piece of writing.