The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #165738   Message #3979358
Posted By: Jim Carroll
27-Feb-19 - 09:24 AM
Thread Name: BS: george orwell comment
Subject: RE: BS: george orwell comment
Most drunks are colourless except for their noses - Brendan Behan excluded of course

Favourite story of Behan was when he wa the next door neighbour of fellow author J P Donleavey
on leavey used to write out his work by hand
After a long bout of work, which included a great deal of crossing out, Donleavey decided to go for a walk
On his return he found the latch o the Frenchwindows forced and the door of the drinks cupboard open
When he retuned to his desk, he found someone had scrawled at the bottom of some of the crossed-out pages "LEAVE IT IN"
Jim