Brendan Behan's island : an Irish sketch-book / by Brendan Behan ; with drawings by Paul Hogarth

Brendan Behan

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/2209

Author

Variant Title

Half-title: Brendan Behan's Island

Edition

1st edition

Imprint

London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1962

Physical Description

191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

General Note

This book is set in Monotype Caslon type-face. It was printed in Great Britain by William Clowes & Sons Ltd, London and Beccles, by photo-lithography on smooth wove paper. [colophon]

Contents

1: Dublin’s Fair City -- A Rosner: A Woman of No Standing -- 2: The Warm South -- Time for a Gargle: The Big House -- 3: The Bleak West -- One for the Road: The Confirmation Suit -- 4: The Black North -- A couple of quick ones: Thanks to James Joyce and Oscar Wilde -- 5: Epilogue. Appointed to be Read in Churches

Subject

Ireland - Social life and customs
Ireland - Description and travel

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