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Borstal Boy

Author : Brendan Behan
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781567921052
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Borstal Boy written by Brendan Behan and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, and seventeen-year-old Behan. 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.

Brendan Behan's Borstal Boy

Author : Frank McMahon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Brendan Behan's Borstal Boy written by Frank McMahon and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play about Behan's early life in the Irish Republican Army. Winner of the Tony Award and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.

Original Rude Boy

Author : Neville Staple
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 1781311986
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Original Rude Boy written by Neville Staple and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2013-07-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1979. The dawn of Thatcher’s Britain. It’s a country crippled by strikes, joblessness and economic gloom, divided by race and class - and skanking to a new beat: 2-Tone. The unruly offspring of white boy punk and rude boy ska, the new music’s undeniable leaders were The Specials. Bursting out of Coventry’s concrete jungle, their lyrics spoke of failed marriages, petty violence, crowded dance floors, gangsters and race hate - but with a wit that outshone their angry punk forebears. On stage they were electric, and at the heart of this energy was the vocal chemistry of the ethereal Terry Hall and Jamaican rude boy Neville Staple. In 1961, aged only five, Neville was sent to England to live with his father – a man for whom discipline bordered on child abuse. Growing up black in the Midlands of the Sixties and Seventies wasn’t easy, but then Nev was hardly an angel. His youth was marked by scuffles with skins, compulsive womanising, and a life of crime that led from shoplifting to burglary and eventually borstal and Wormwood Scrubs. But throughout there was music, and now Nev tells how a very bad boy became part of the most important band of the Eighties. He remembers sound system battles; the legendary 2-Tone tour with The Selecter, Madness and Dexy’s – and their clashes with NF thugs. He recalls the band’s increasing tensions and eventual split; his subsequent foray into bubblegum pop with Fun Boy Three; and a new found fame in America, as godfather to bands like Gwen Stefani’s No Doubt. Finally he reflects on The Specials’ reunion and how even now, thirty years on, they can’t help tearing themselves apart.Raucous and charming Original Rude Boy is the story of a man who done too much, much too young. Neville Staple was a frontman with The Specials, a member of the hugely successful pop trio Fun Boy Three and now tours the world with own his own ska act The Neville Staple Band. Visit him at: www.nevillestaple.co.uk Tony McMahon is a journalist and TV producer living in south London.

Brendan Behan

Author : Michael O'Sullivan
Publisher : Roberts Rinehart
ISBN 13 : 1461660270
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Brendan Behan written by Michael O'Sullivan and published by Roberts Rinehart. This book was released on 2000-10-10 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as the new O'Casey by Irish critics in 1958, Behan is now often portrayed as the archetypal Irishman and spectacular drunk. Behind the myth lies the more compelling story of a writer who was never able to fully harness his larger-than-life personality and talent.

Reading Brendan Behan

Author : John McCourt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782053378
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book Reading Brendan Behan written by John McCourt and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks beyond the author's all-too-well-known personality and focuses on what ultimately matters - the writing. Focuses on Behan's rich and eclectic body of creative works, his poetry and plays in Irish and English, his short stories and his extraordinary autobiographical novel, Borstal Boy

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner

Author : Alan Sillitoe
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307389642
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner written by Alan Sillitoe and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps one of the most revered works of fiction in the twentieth-century, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is a modern classic about integrity, courage, and bucking the system. Its title story recounts the story of a reform school cross-country runner who seizes the perfect opportunity to defy the authority that governs his life. It is a pure masterpiece. From there the collection expands even further from the touching “On Saturday Afternoon” to the rollicking “The Decline and Fall and Frankie Buller.” Beloved for its lean prose, unforgettable protagonists, and real-life wisdom, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner captured the voice of a generation, and its poignant and empowering life lessons will continue to captivate and entertain readers for generations to come.

Brendan Behan

Author : Ulick O'Connor
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0349140960
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book Brendan Behan written by Ulick O'Connor and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Brendan Behan died in 1964 at the age of 41, he had rung the changes in his short life: bomber, gunman, borstal boy, alcoholic and, finally, international literary figure with the success of The Quare Fellow , The Hostage and Borstal Boy . But Behan drowned his talent in a whiskey bottle and became the caricature of an Irish stage drunk, clowning his way with oaths and stories between bars in Dublin, London, Paris and New York. Written in association with his widow, his mother and others of his family and friends, and old IRA comrades, this is a biography of Brendan Behan.

After The Wake

Author : Brendan Behan
Publisher : The O'Brien Press
ISBN 13 : 1847177301
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book After The Wake written by Brendan Behan and published by The O'Brien Press. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brendan Behan's genius was to strike a chord between critic and common man. When he died, at the age of 41, he was arguably the most celebrated Irish writer of the twentieth century. After the Wake is a collection of seven prose works and a series of articles. It includes all that exists of an unfinished novel, 'The Catacombs', and pieces together items whose comic and fanciful accounts evoke Flann O'Brien. Also featured are works of acknowledged excellence, 'The Confirmation Suit' and 'A Woman of No Standing'. This writing bears all the hallmarks of the author's talent – an ability to bring characters to life quickly and unforgettably, a sharp ear for dialogue and dialect, and a natural vocation for story-telling. This diverse collection is a delightful and entertaining windfall from one of Ireland's most colourful writers. An essential complement to Behan's master works.

We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It

Author : Tom Phelan
Publisher : Gallery Books
ISBN 13 : 150119710X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It written by Tom Phelan and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “You don’t have to be Irish to cherish this literary gift—just being human and curious and from a family will suffice.” —Malachy McCourt, New York Times bestselling author of A Monk Swimming In the tradition of Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes and Alice Taylor’s To School Through the Fields, Tom Phelan’s We Were Rich and We Didn’t Know It is a heartfelt and masterfully written memoir of growing up in Ireland in the 1940s. Tom Phelan, who was born and raised in County Laois in the Irish midlands, spent his formative years working with his wise and demanding father as he sought to wrest a livelihood from a farm that was often wet, muddy, and back-breaking. It was a time before rural electrification, the telephone, and indoor plumbing; a time when the main modes of travel were bicycle and animal cart; a time when small farmers struggled to survive and turkey eggs were hatched in the kitchen cupboard; a time when the Church exerted enormous control over Ireland. We Were Rich and We Didn’t Know It recounts Tom’s upbringing in an isolated, rural community from the day he was delivered by the local midwife. With tears and laughter, it speaks to the strength of the human spirit in the face of life’s adversities.

The Complete Plays

Author : Neil LaBute
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802142122
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Plays written by Neil LaBute and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Seconds of Pleasure Neil LaBute unleashes his imagination in stories that offer unflinching insight into our very human shortcomings and impure urges with shocking candor."--Jacket.

Driving Over Lemons

Author : Chris Stewart
Publisher : Sort of Books
ISBN 13 : 190874586X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Driving Over Lemons written by Chris Stewart and published by Sort of Books. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Chris Stewart, the eternal optimist. A man who flies to Spain, sees a peasant farm on the wrong side of the river and, with scarcely a second thought, hands over a cash deposit. And then finds he has acquired not just the farm, but the farmer, too, who has no intention of leaving. Not to mention the lack of running water, electricity or even a bridge. It would be enough to send most people straight back home. But Chris and his wife Ana are made of stronger stuff - and besides, they have sunk all their savings into their farm, El Valero, and buying a flock of sheep. So there is no turning back. Life gets tough, but it also gets good. Driving Over Lemons is that rare thing - a funny, insightful book that charms you from the first sun-lit page to the last. And one that makes running an Andalucian mountain farm seem like a half-decent career move. It has been a major bestseller both in Britain and Spain.

A South London Borstal Boys Tales

Author : Joey Barnett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (638 download)

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Download or read book A South London Borstal Boys Tales written by Joey Barnett and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-05 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a true life account of my past to present life. Spending time in prison amongst the criminal underworld for most of my life.

The Crazy Life of Brendan Behan

Author : Frank Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781449068950
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book The Crazy Life of Brendan Behan written by Frank Gray and published by . This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Catholic School

Author : Edoardo Albinati
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374717451
Total Pages : 1354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Catholic School written by Edoardo Albinati and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 1354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A semiautobiographical coming-of-age story, framed by the harrowing 1975 Circeo massacre Edoardo Albinati’s The Catholic School, the winner of Italy’s most prestigious award, The Strega Prize, is a powerful investigation of the heart and soul of contemporary Italy. Three well-off young men—former students at Rome’s prestigious all-boys Catholic high school San Leone Magno—brutally tortured, raped, and murdered two young women in 1975. The event, which came to be known as the Circeo massacre, shocked and captivated the country, exposing the violence and dark underbelly of the upper middle class at a moment when the traditional structures of family and religion were seen as under threat. It is this environment, the halls of San Leone Magno in the late 1960s and the 1970s, that Edoardo Albinati takes as his subject. His experience at the school, reflections on his adolescence, and thoughts on the forces that produced contemporary Italy are painstakingly and thoughtfully rendered, producing a remarkable blend of memoir, coming-of-age novel, and true-crime story. Along with indelible portraits of his teachers and fellow classmates—the charming Arbus, the literature teacher Cosmos, and his only Fascist friend, Max—Albinati also gives us his nuanced reflections on the legacy of abuse, the Italian bourgeoisie, and the relationship between sex, violence, and masculinity.

The Education of Borstal Boys

Author : Erica Stratta
Publisher : Taylor & Francis US
ISBN 13 : 9780415177375
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book The Education of Borstal Boys written by Erica Stratta and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 1970 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Education of Borstal Boys

Author : Erica Stratta
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113626616X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book The Education of Borstal Boys written by Erica Stratta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Volume VI of fifteen in the Sociology of Law and Criminology Series. Originally published in 1957 this study looks at the educational experiences prior to, and during, Borstal training. The idea that education, or rather the lack of it, is a contributory factor in the crime of the young is far from new. Dr Stratta shows it’s not just a matter of deciding where education fits into the borstal regime, but where the educationalist himself fits into the borstal community.

The Damages Lottery

Author : P.S. Atiyah
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1847314279
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book The Damages Lottery written by P.S. Atiyah and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1997-05-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man slips on a dance floor and breaks his leg. He recovers damages. A child has both legs amputated as a result of meningitis and is awarded nothing. The law's justification for awarding damages in the first case is that the man's injury was the fault of someone else, while in the second case damages are denied because nobody was at fault. In this searching critique of the present law and practice relating to damages, Professor Patrick Atiyah shows that this system is in fact a lottery. He contends that the public are paying far too much for an unfair and inefficient insurance system and that reform is long overdue. His conclusion is that actions for damages for injuries should be abolished and replaced with a new no-fault road accident scheme, and actions for other injuries should be dealt with by individual or group insurance policies.