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From Amazon.com: This miracle of autobiography and prison literature begins: "Friday, in the evening, the landlady shouted up the stairs: 'Oh God, oh Jesus, oh Sacred Heart, Boy, there's two gentlemen here to see you.' I knew by the screeches of her that the gentlemen were not calling to inquire after my health . . . I grabbed my suitcase, containing Pot. Chlor., Sulph Ac, gelignite, detonators, electrical and ignition, and the rest of my Sinn Fein conjurer's outfit, and carried it to the window..." The men were, of course, the police, who knew seventeen-year-old Behan for the anti-imperialist terrorist he was and arrested him. He spent three years as a prisoner in England, primarily in Borstal (reform school), and was then expelled to his homeland, a changed but hardly defeated rebel. Once banned in the Irish Republic, Borstal Boy is both a riveting self-portrait and a clear look into the problems, passions, and heartbreak of Ireland.

Übersetzung unter Zugrundelegung einer Übersetzung von Günter Eichel Originalausgabe; KiWi 93 Umschlagtext: "Ja, ich sag' dir, es war schon ein Riesending, als wir merkten, daß kein Mensch uns mehr auf die Füße treten konnte, weil wir massenhaft Kohle hatten und uns die Welt gehören sollte." Das "Swinging London" der sechsziger Jahre und die Punk- und New-Wave-Ära Ende der siebziger Jahre waren der Ausgangspunkt der Teenager-Szenen überall auf der Welt damals wie heute. Begonnen hatte alles schon einige Jahre früher. Schon in den späten fünfziger Jahren entdeckten die Achtzehnjährigen ihre Macht und Möglichkeiten, pfiffen auf die Konventionen ihrer Eltern und erklärten statt dessen Jazz, Motorroller und Kaffeebars zum Mittelpunkt ihres Paradieses. "Was mich beeindruckt hat, das war die Art, in der die Hauptperson in 'Absolute Beginners' denkt - das veränderte meine gesamte Haltung zum Leben. Einesteils erweiterte sich mein Blick, andernteils wurde ich durch das Buch gegenüber reaktionären Leuten unnachgiebiger." Paul Weller/Style Council

Set during the first year of Britain’s involvement in World War Two, this satirical novel takes as its theme the so called Phoney War, when the British Army were almost wholly restricted to tactical manoeuvres and building up the strengths of the regiments. It features several characters than recur in Waugh’s earliest novels.

H. L. Davis' earthy and humerous look at a young man learning self-reliance in the Oregon wilderness after family complications and problems from a jailhouse delivery push him out on his own among horse traders, jail breakers, fortune hunters, suspected murderers, and wide-eyed innocents. His tale of regional history is the story of our American culture.

From Amazon.com: This miracle of autobiography and prison literature begins: "Friday, in the evening, the landlady shouted up the stairs: 'Oh God, oh Jesus, oh Sacred Heart, Boy, there's two gentlemen here to see you.' I knew by the screeches of her that the gentlemen were not calling to inquire after my health . . . I grabbed my suitcase, containing Pot. Chlor., Sulph Ac, gelignite, detonators, electrical and ignition, and the rest of my Sinn Fein conjurer's outfit, and carried it to the window..." The men were, of course, the police, who knew seventeen-year-old Behan for the anti-imperialist terrorist he was and arrested him. He spent three years as a prisoner in England, primarily in Borstal (reform school), and was then expelled to his homeland, a changed but hardly defeated rebel. Once banned in the Irish Republic, Borstal Boy is both a riveting self-portrait and a clear look into the problems, passions, and heartbreak of Ireland.