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

Brendan Behan

RA Collection: Book

Record number

18/2839

Author

Variant Title

Half-title: Brendan Behan's Island

Imprint

London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1990

Physical Description

[16], 11-191 p. ill. ; 24 cm.

General Note

First published in 1962, reprinted [i.e. 1st paperback edition], in 1984. This edition first published in 1990.

Contents

Preface / Paul Hogarth -- 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

Copy Note

With a letter from Paul Hogarth RA dated 8th November 1990, presenting the book to the RA Library, loosely inserted.

Subject

Ireland - Social life and customs
Ireland - Description and travel

Contributors

Paul Hogarth RA, illustrator, donor
Valentin Iremonger, translator
Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., publisher

ISBN

0091745632