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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Borstal Boy canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Borstal Boy Context triple: [Brendan Behan, notableWork, Borstal Boy]
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Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock is a 1947 British film noir crime drama, based on Graham Greene’s novel, in which Richard Attenborough gives a defining performance as the ruthless young gangster Pinkie Brown.
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The Brown Book
The Brown Book is one of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s posthumously published lecture notes that outline his transitional philosophical ideas between the Tractatus and his later work in the Philosophical Investigations.
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The Lost Boy
The Lost Boy is a two-part story from the British science fiction series The Sarah Jane Adventures, featuring Luke Smith as he confronts a mysterious organization and shocking revelations about his origins.
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Black Swan Green
Black Swan Green is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel by David Mitchell that follows a year in the life of a stammering teenage boy in 1980s rural England.
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Coram Boy
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Borstal Boy Target entity description: 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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A.
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock is a 1947 British film noir crime drama, based on Graham Greene’s novel, in which Richard Attenborough gives a defining performance as the ruthless young gangster Pinkie Brown.
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B.
The Brown Book
The Brown Book is one of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s posthumously published lecture notes that outline his transitional philosophical ideas between the Tractatus and his later work in the Philosophical Investigations.
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C.
The Lost Boy
The Lost Boy is a two-part story from the British science fiction series The Sarah Jane Adventures, featuring Luke Smith as he confronts a mysterious organization and shocking revelations about his origins.
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D.
Black Swan Green
Black Swan Green is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel by David Mitchell that follows a year in the life of a stammering teenage boy in 1980s rural England.
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E.
Coram Boy
Coram Boy is a stage play adapted from Jamila Gavin’s novel, depicting the intertwined lives of abandoned children and their benefactors in 18th-century England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAsFilmBy |
Peter Sheridan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Terry McMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedAsPlayBy | Frank McMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Brendan Behan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| depicts |
World War II era
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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)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Borstal Boy (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Brendan Behan (character)
NERFINISHED
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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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
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
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| publicationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hutchinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
England
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Hollesley Bay borstal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfNarrative | 1940s ⓘ |
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