Borstal Boy

Name: Borstal Boy
Author: Brendan Behan

by Brendan Behan

Autobiographical memoir of Irish revolutionary's childhood and borstal imprisonment

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Brendan Behan

Irish playwright and memoirist whose works drew on his experiences as an IRA member and prisoner. The Quare Fellow and The Hostage brought Irish working-class life and political conflict to the London stage with raucous humor and pathos. He died of alcoholism at 41.

More by Brendan Behan

The Quare FellowIrish prison drama set on eve of an execution exploring humanity amid brutality
The HostageAnarchic musical about hostage standoff between IRA and British intelligence
The Big HouseDrama set in Irish landed gentry house during War of Independence
Richard's Cork LegUnfinished play set in Dublin during Irish independence and political upheaval