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Jimmy Boyle

Born

in Glasgow, Scotland

May 17, 1944

Genre

Memoir, Fiction

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James Boyle is a Scottish former gangster and convicted murderer who became a sculptor and novelist after his release from prison.

In 1967, Boyle was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of another gangland figure, William "Babs" Rooney. He served fourteen years before his release in 1980. Boyle has always denied killing Rooney but has acknowledged having been a violent and sometimes ruthless moneylender from the Gorbals, one of the roughest and most deprived areas of Glasgow. During his incarceration in the special unit of Barlinnie Prison, he turned to art and wrote an autobiography, A Sense of Freedom (1977), which was later turned into a film of the same name.

Boyle has published Pain of Confinement: Prison Diaries (1984), and a ...more

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	A Sense of Freedom 4.13 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 1977 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hero of the Underworld 3.20 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pain of Confinement: Prison Diaries 3.70 avg rating — 37 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pain of Confinement: Prison Diaries 3.61 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hard Man by Tom McGrath, Jimmy Boyle 3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1977 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jimmy Boyle Omnibus 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Special Unit Barlinnie Prison: Its Evolution through its Art by Joyce Laing (Editor), Christopher Carrel (Editor), Bob Brodie (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1982 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jusqu'à l'os 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scots Plays of the Seventies by Bill Findlay (Editor), Bill Bryden (Contributor), Hector MacMillan (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cencrastus No. 15: New Year 1984 by Sheila G. Hearn (Managing Editor), James D. Young (Contributor), Carol Anderson (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1984	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There is no doubt about it, these animals are trying to destroy me mentally. Blows come in psychological form, ripping through my defences, tearing me apart internally. In the the face of this new but very effective game of destruction I cry like a child. Shattered!No injuries are apparent. What is going on, why?”
― Jimmy Boyle

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“26th June ’76 I am a human being. You must understand that imprisoned terrorists are also human beings. There is no sense doing away with what you call the barbaric capital punishment if you are going to replace it with a slower form of death.”
― Jimmy Boyle, Pain of Confinement: Prison Diaries

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“Why is it that we all fight and squabble together and make life so bloody miserable for the short time that all of us are here? Why do we find it so difficult to let those loving parts of us flow to each other and at least make this short stay something precious?”
― Jimmy Boyle, Pain of Confinement: Prison Diaries

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