my dad loved that i was a good athlete, and on our spring vacations he'd take us all to daytona beach for a week, where i'd train twice a day with my best friend carrington (who's discussed here in another era of my life) and get a good tan . ... and i really related to the ending. in sillitoe's story the protagonist is an inmate of borstal, an english reformatory for teenaged boys, who decides to finish a crucial cross country race with a local boarding school -- one that ...
Borstal Breakout 09. You're A Better Man Than I 10. Questions & Answers 11. That's Life 12. Hersham Boys 13. White Riot 14. If The Kids Are United 15. Borstal Breakout 16. If The Kids Are United @ Radio 4, Stockholm 8-04-80 [from cassette tape] ... DOA - Osbourne Banquet Room, Plaza Hotel, Winnipeg Canada 3/26/82; Eddie & The Hotrods - Paris Theatre, London 1978; Heartbreakers - Coventry, Queens, New York 5-30-75; Hitmen - Local Inn, Ryde, Australia 9-79 (Radio Broadcast) ...
I've getting through Borstal Boy, a bio by Brendan Behan about his time in the joint, which was an inspiration for his literary career. When I finish Borstal Boy I will resume In the Time of McKinley where I left off in the Spanish ...
