Borstal Boy
by:
Brendan Behan (author)
ISBN:
0552112585
Publish date: 1980
Publisher: Corgi
Pages no: 379
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
20th Century,
Irish Literature,
Ireland
Behan has an engaging style and plays around with such things as phonetic spelling in an interesting and creative way for genuine impact. The narrative flow is sometimes strangely truncated and other times heavily languid, which is where it loses star-value for me... Yes, this kind of approach marri...