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Reviews for Brendan Behan's New York

 Brendan Behan's New York magazine reviews

The average rating for Brendan Behan's New York based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.has a rating of 3 stars

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-22 00:00:00
0was given a rating of 3 stars Blake Harrison
Este livro narra histórias muito pessoais de Brendan Behan vividas em Nova Iorque. Brendan Behan é um poeta e dramaturgo irlandês que revela ter uma grande paixão por Nova Iorque o “lugar mais fascinante do mundo”. É um livro de viagens diferente do habitual. O autor foca-se não tanto nos lugares, mas sim nas pessoas com quem se cruza e convive e nos muitos bares que frequenta. Sabemos por Vila-Matas, no prefácio, que o livro foi ditado pelo autor “espectacularmente bêbado". Este facto explica a narrativa, por vezes caótica, que saltita de assunto para assunto, tal como um ébrio que vai titubeando. Mas penso que é esta particularidade que cativa o leitor. Estamos perante uma deambulação mental por bares e saloons, com muitas histórias e conversas com famosos e imigrantes irlandeses. Nessa deambulação, há também memórias do seu país natal, da sua família e algumas incursões a Londres e Paris.
Review # 2 was written on 2013-03-30 00:00:00
0was given a rating of 3 stars Theresa Boyce
No harm this book caused me. A casually narrated tour through NYC neighborhoods and bars in the early '60s, generally easy banter about swimming nude in the YMCA pool, about an uncle on Staten Island, St Patrick's Day, FBI (foreign-born Irish), Chinatown, Fulton St Fish Market etc. Generally clever hits and misses. One LOL about beatniks trying to steal his job. Funny mild rant about folk singers in Washington Square. Stray mention of Ginsberg and Kerouac and a nice bit about not understanding the work of his friend Beckett but enjoying it the way he doesn't understand the ocean but likes to swim in the surf and let the water wash over him. Read this because 1) I spent too much time in the belly of a bar named after him in Boston long ago and 2) it was very favorably mentioned in Bolano's Between Parentheses. The drawings are worthwhile black-line sketches. Not much insight into New York or anything but a little time spent with a generous, genial bloke. First edition (without a dust jacket) found on our new friend Amazon for a penny plus shipping.


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