stoaty 171 Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Hi guys n girls has anyone seen the dvd of borstal boy and if so is it any good love to get the film reading the book now and its a cracker. your thoughts please?? all the best Stoaty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tallyho 181 Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 its a cracking film, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stoaty 171 Posted February 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 cheers guys I've got it on the way and by the way boots theres a follow up book confassions of an irish rebel dunno if you#'ve read that supposed to be brill all the best Stoaty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Macnas Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Confessions of an Irish rebel, isn't as much a story as Borstal Boy, it's a bit meandering and contains some of Behans famous "exagerations". But if you like Behan, it's a required read. My favourite Behan story comes from AJ Cronin, so it's pretty reliable. When Behan lived in Paris he was asked by an Algerian cafe owner to write some bit of advertising on the blackbord outside the bar that would get more english and yanks to come in. Yer man hadn't a word of written english. Behan wrote: Come in, you anglo-saxon swine and drink of my Algerian wine. It'll turn your eyeballs black and blue, And damn well good enough for you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stoaty 171 Posted February 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 lol great stuff Macnas whats the book called?? Stoaty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stabs 3 Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Taken from Wikipedia.... Behan was perhaps the most famous Irish writer of his time, and was once hired to write an advertising slogan for Guinness. As part of his payment for this, the company offered him half a dozen kegs of their stout. After a month the company asked Behan what he had come up with; Behan had already managed to drink all of the beer they had given him and produced the slogan Guinness Makes You Drunk True genius! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Guest Macnas Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Stoaty The AJ Cronin book is called "Dead as Doornails". It contains Cronins memoires of his time with many Irish writers, Behan especially, as for a time, they were the best of mates. The "pilgramage" to france is worth reading alone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 " Guinness Makes ... " F*ckin Priceless! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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