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Borstal Boy
Borstal Boy | Brendan Behan
4 posts | 8 read | 1 reading | 7 to read
The Irish playwright recounts the time he spent as a young man in an English prison for working on behalf of the IRA, and how it affected his outlook.
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Leftcoastzen
Borstal Boy | Brendan Behan
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Surprise! I did find a small article in the New York Times noting the round corners change for Avon Books !Dated March 17th ,1964 😄

Aims42 😂 Love this! 3y
Ruthiella Cool piece of trivia! 3y
wanderinglynn How interesting! I love that they were combatting dog ears. 😆 3y
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Leftcoastzen
Borstal Boy | Brendan Behan
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Happy St. Patrick‘s Day! This book still on TBR.I have never able to find out why Avon published paperback books with rounded corners! I have a copy of Call it Sleep by Henry Roth with rounded corners.Time for Guinness!

wanderinglynn Weird, I‘ve never seen a book with rounded corners. 3y
vivastory Cheers🍻 3y
Leftcoastzen @vivastory right back at you!🍻 3y
andrew61 Great edition. I have an unread copy as well although not with rounded corners. 3y
peacegypsy That Guinness looks tasty! 3y
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DollyDeez
Borstal Boy | Brendan Behan
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One review of this stuck with me, that commented on how, while most authors are concise with their words, Behan allows his to roam freely. It is a deeply charming book, showing friendship and cheer existing even in bad circumstances. Deeply human, I'd highly recommend this autobiographical coming of age story

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Helen19
Borstal Boy | Brendan Behan
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I didn‘t have a good pick for #bastilleday but this book is prison literature and been on my TBR for so long. And...they both begin with B?! #flyhighjuly

Eggs 💙🇫🇷❤️ 4y
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