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

Brendan Behan

RA Collection: Book

Record number

18/2838

Author

Variant Title

Half-title: Brendan Behan's Island

Edition

1st paperback edition

Imprint

London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1984

Physical Description

191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

General Note

First published in 1962

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

Provenance

The front pastedown carries a 20th century Royal Academy bookplate inscribed “Presented by Paul Hogarth RA. January 1988.”

Subject

Ireland - Social life and customs
Ireland - Description and travel

Contributors

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

ISBN

0091558611