Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan

Borstal Boy

Brendan Behan

379 pages first pub 1958 (view editions) user-added

nonfiction biography reflective slow-paced
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novel of an Irish terrorist, a teenage volunteer in the IRA. A fanatical believer, Behan was arrested with explosives at the age of 17 and spent three years locked in a British juvenile borstal. There he begins to wonder, who's really the enemy? B...

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Community Reviews

3.96
based on 239 reviews

Moods

funny: 94%

reflective: 52%

emotional: 47%

hopeful: 47%

informative: 47%

lighthearted: 35%

adventurous: 23%

inspiring: 23%

sad: 17%

challenging: 11%

dark: 11%

relaxing: 11%


Pace

6% of readers chose fast
56% of readers chose medium
37% of readers chose slow
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