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Title: Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan ISBN: 1-56792-105-1 Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: breath-takingly funny
Comment: I was epecting something a little more politically polemic or bleak, but this account is hysterically funny and inspired. Behan's writing is always vital, his grasp of dialogue perfect, but this novel enjoys a pacing brilliance I dared not hope from a playwright. Most dramatists have trouble with narrative prose because the rhythms are different, but not so with this account of his jail time as an adolescent in England.
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant one-of-a-kind memoir
Comment: I'm an avid reader and can't believe I overlooked this book for so long. Perhaps I dismissed Behan as a professional Irishman, known more for his carousing than for his writing. What a mistake! This memoir is profound, profane, funny and, ultimately, humane. Read this book now; you're in for a treat.
Rating: 5
Summary: tragicomedy about a young ira boy and his experiences
Comment: Borstal Boy makes me laugh out loud and also reminds me of my time in the British Royal Navy. One of the young Brendan Behan's fellow prisoners in the English young peoples' prison is a sailor named Charlie. The book shows some of the horrors of prison life but also a lot of the camaraderie that goes on whenever boys get together. Brendan Behan is very humorous, especially when writing about his court appearances, and when he's singing in prison. His descriptive language is brilliant, this from the first page, "A young one, with a blonde, Herrenvolk head and a B.B.C. accent shouted, 'I say, greb him, the bestud.' I have read this book at least four times, and will continue to be entertained by the wit and skill of the author. GREAT READ!!!
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Title: Behan Complete Plays by Brendan Behan, Alan Simpson, Brenda Behan ISBN: 0413387801 Publisher: Methuen Drama Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title:Borstal Boy ASIN: B00006SFL3 Publisher: Strand Releasing Home Video Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $26.99 |
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Title: At Swim, Two Boys: A Novel by Jamie O'Neill ISBN: 0743222954 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title:Maurice - The Merchant Ivory Collection ASIN: B00014NE62 Publisher: Home Vision Entertainment Pub. Date: 24 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $22.46 |
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Title: The Boys of Swithins Hall by Chris Kent ISBN: 1879194252 Publisher: GLB Publishers Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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