Confessions Of An Irish Rebel (Paperback, New Ed)

Foul language lyrically intact, this tape-recorded autobiography and last testament covers Behan from his release from Borstal prison during WWII through his marriage in 1955. "And if these are the confessions of an Irish rebel, they are indeed confessions," he remarks, and proceeds with a classic of self-revelation. Abject, singing, bitter, jailed or drunken, he is mercilessly honest, insistently ribald, compassionate of others, very, very wise and belching with spirit. A member of the IRA, his cry was "Up the Republic! We defy you, and to hell with the British Empire!" That he killed some men, he is sad. At fifteen, he was given a seven-year sentence, served four. Again back in jail for political activity, he was given 14 years, then released after a few years under a general amnesty. (The second sentence provided him with the story for his play The Quare Fellow.) Soon he was helping a fellow IRA man escape prison in England, from which Behan had been expelled. The man escaped back to Ireland, but Behan was captured and given four months for being in England with false papers. When released, he was 24 wild years old. He began writing for money. In Paris he met Sartre, Camus and Beckett, took a turn at pimping, wrote pornography. The story ends with the production of his first play... A profanely joyous book and a welcome reappearance of the Borstal Boy. (Kirkus Reviews)

Confessions of an Irish Rebel is an autobiography about Brendan Behan’s later life. A renowned poet and playwright, Brendan spent much of his life in and out of pubs and prisons - serving time for carrying explosives for the IRA (Irish Republican Army) or for involvement in a shooting in the early 1940s. While in prison he learned Irish and began to write poetry in Irish. After his release, he spent some time in Paris and back in Dublin he contributed to a weekly show on Radio Telefis Éireann. From 1953 he wrote a column in the Irish Press. Confessions of an Irish Rebel follows Borstal Boy, a memoir about his early years.

General

Imprint:	Arrow Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1990
Authors:	Brendan Behan
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	272
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-936500-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-09-936500-6
Barcode:	9780099365006

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