NMLP P-045290 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Borstal Boy

Brendan Behan · Hutchinson & Co., London · 1958

UK Hutchinson (London) 1958 is the true first and precedes the US first American edition, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1959. Written in English; no translation precedence. Banned in the Republic of Ireland from 1958 (ban later lifted). Census claim confirmed.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045290 for "Borstal Boy" by Brendan Behan (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045290, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).