Borstal Boy
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Borstal Boy is an autobiographical novel by Irish writer Brendan Behan recounting his youth in a British borstal after his arrest for IRA activities.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAsFilmBy |
Peter Sheridan
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Terry McMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedAsPlayBy | Frank McMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Brendan Behan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| depicts |
World War II era
ⓘ
juvenile detention ⓘ political imprisonment ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Brendan Behan's arrest in Liverpool
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Brendan Behan's imprisonment in a British borstal ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
ⓘ
political literature ⓘ prison literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Borstal Boy (film)
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Borstal Boy (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Brendan Behan (character)
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English prison officers ⓘ borstal inmates ⓘ |
| hasDeweyDecimalClassification | 828.914 ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780099707302 ⓘ |
| hasLibraryOfCongressClassification | PR6052.E416 Z463 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasOCLCNumber | 406365 ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| influenced | Irish prison writing ⓘ |
| isAbout |
coming of age
ⓘ
political radicalization ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Irish literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th century literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Borstal system
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ⓘ
Brendan Behan NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish Republican Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish republicanism ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | British borstal ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of IRA youth activism
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portrayal of the borstal system ⓘ use of Hiberno-English dialogue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 342 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| publicationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hutchinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
England
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Hollesley Bay borstal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfNarrative | 1940s ⓘ |
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