The Resource A sense of freedom : the best selling classic of gangs, prison and redemption, Jimmy Boyle
A sense of freedom : the best selling classic of gangs, prison and redemption, Jimmy Boyle
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The item A sense of freedom : the best selling classic of gangs, prison and redemption, Jimmy Boyle represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Westminster Libraries.
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- Summary
- This is a searing indictment of a society that uses prison bars and brutality to destroy a man's humanity and at the same time an outstanding testament to one man's ability to survive, to find a new life, a new creativity, and a new alternative.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 310 pages
- Note
- Originally published: Edinburgh: Canongate, 1977
- Isbn
- 9781785033032
- Label
- A sense of freedom : the best selling classic of gangs, prison and redemption
- Title
- A sense of freedom
- Title remainder
- the best selling classic of gangs, prison and redemption
- Statement of responsibility
- Jimmy Boyle
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is a searing indictment of a society that uses prison bars and brutality to destroy a man's humanity and at the same time an outstanding testament to one man's ability to survive, to find a new life, a new creativity, and a new alternative.
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1944-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Boyle, Jimmy
- Dewey number
-
- 364.1523092
- 364.1'523'092
- 364.1523092
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV6248
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Boyle, Jimmy
- Murderers
- Prisoners
- Biography
- Memoirs
- Biography: general
- Summary expansion
- Foreword by Irvine Welsh 'My life sentence had actually started the day I left my mother's womb...'Jimmy Boyle grew up in Glasgow's Gorbals. All around him the world was drinking, fighting and thieving. To survive, he too had to fight and steal. Kids' gangs led to trouble with the police. Approved schools led to Borstal, and Jimmy was on his way to a career in crime. By his twenties he was a hardened villain, sleeping with prostitutes, running shebeens and money-lending rackets. Then they nailed him for murder. The sentence was life - the brutal, degrading eternity of a broken spirit in the prisons of Peterhead and Inverness. Thankfully, Jimmy was able to turn his life around inside the prison walls and eventually released on parole. A Sense of Freedom is a searing indictment of a society that uses prison bars and brutality to destroy a man's humanity and at the same time an outstanding testament to one man's ability to survive, to find a new life, a new creativity, and a new alternative
- Label
- A sense of freedom : the best selling classic of gangs, prison and redemption, Jimmy Boyle
- Note
- Originally published: Edinburgh: Canongate, 1977
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- BDZ0025807076
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- x, 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9781785033032
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Label
- A sense of freedom : the best selling classic of gangs, prison and redemption, Jimmy Boyle
- Note
- Originally published: Edinburgh: Canongate, 1977
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- BDZ0025807076
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- x, 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9781785033032
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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