OLD YOUR HOUR AND HAVE ANOTHER

by Brendan Behan ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 28, 1963

Brendan Behan has written two plays and teetered out of more than two pubs. A Borstal Boy, a burly, beguiling balladeer, he's the sort the culture world sports every so often (no doubt through sheer boredom); a little like O'Casey or Saroyan or the late Dylan Thomas in his lusher moments. Between 1954 and 1956 he strung together a series of columns for the Irish Press; the grab-bag collection here shows them to be if not vintage BB at least not of off-years either. Full of jigs and jabberings about odd-ball cronies and conversations, Kilkenny, Dublin and Lyons, dogs, songs, tipplings, war, childhood, kissing at the zoo. Everything. The dialogue's mostly local, the jokes ditto. But there's a gusty spirit to it, a generosity of emotion, a gracefulness of expression. A fun book for fun people.

Pub Date: Jan. 28, 1963

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1963

Categories: NONFICTION