{"product_id":"brendan-behan-borstal-boy-1959-first-edition-first-printing-hc-dj","title":"Brendan Behan - Borstal Boy - 1959 First edition, first printing. HC\/DJ","description":"\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"font-family:Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003ch1 class=\"title\"\u003eBorstal boy, by Brendan Behan.\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher:\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\t\tNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1959\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFIRST AMERICAN EDITION. FIRST PRINTING.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSummary:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   Brendan Behan was an Irish playwright and novelist, as well as a \u003cbr\u003eyouthful revolutionary. In 1939, at age 16, he was arrested in Liverpool\u003cbr\u003e with a suitcase full of high explosives. BORSTAL BOY is the \u003cbr\u003eautobiographical record of Behan's experiences from that day through his\u003cbr\u003e imprisonment, trial, remand to reform school and final release. Schools\u003cbr\u003e for delinquents in England are called Borstal Institutions, and Behan's\u003cspan class=\"showMoreLessContentElement\" style=\"display: inline;\"\u003e account of his years as a \"Borstal Boy\" is told in vigorous, dramatic prose.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e \u003cbr\u003eListed with ExportYourStore.com","brand":"julianbook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43432990179559,"sku":"275227760764_D914","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/0333\/0791\/products\/57_2426bea2-d88f-46c0-98fb-9084e44fee92.jpg?v=1661257672","url":"https:\/\/rare-book-dealers.com\/products\/brendan-behan-borstal-boy-1959-first-edition-first-printing-hc-dj","provider":"JULIAN'S BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}