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Foyles
'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.
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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 it is a superb and unforgettable piece of writing.
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BookDepository
Borstal Boy : Paperback : Cornerstone : 9780099706502 : : 27 Feb 1994 : '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.
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Blackwell
Borstal Boy is an autobiography about Brendan Behan's teenage years, before and during World War Two. Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1923, Brendan had become an alcoholic by the time he was eight years old. When he was 14 he became a member of the IRA...
