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'''''One Day in My Life''''' is an [[autobiographical novel]] written by [[Bobby Sands]] while serving a fourteen year sentence at [[Maze (HM Prison)|Long Kesh]], for possession of a gun as a member of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Irish Republican Army]]. |
'''''One Day in My Life''''' is an [[autobiographical novel]] written by [[Bobby Sands]] while serving a fourteen year sentence at [[Maze (HM Prison)|Long Kesh]], for possession of a gun as a member of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Irish Republican Army]]. |
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The novel was originally written on "toilet paper with a [[ballpoint pen|biro]] refill... hidden inside Sands' own body" during the winter of 1979.<ref>Sands, Bobby. ''One Day in My Life''. Mercier Press. Dublin: 2001. p.18</ref> and first published in 1983. It recounts Sands' mental, physical, and [[sectarian]] struggles over a single day while he was taking part in the [[blanket protest]] against the removal of prisoners' [[Special Category Status|political status]] by the British Government. |
The novel was originally written on "toilet paper with a [[ballpoint pen|biro]] refill... hidden inside Sands' own body" during the winter of 1979.<ref>Sands, Bobby. ''[http://www.mercierpress.ie/cartage.html?main_page=product_book_info&products_id=180 One Day in My Life]''. Mercier Press. Dublin: 2001. p.18</ref> and first published in 1983. It recounts Sands' mental, physical, and [[sectarian]] struggles over a single day while he was taking part in the [[blanket protest]] against the removal of prisoners' [[Special Category Status|political status]] by the British Government. |
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| Author | Bobby Sands |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Autobiographical novel |
| Publisher | Mercier Press |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | Ireland |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 118 pp (first new edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 1856353494 / 978-1856353496 (first new edition, paperback) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
One Day in My Life is an autobiographical novel written by Bobby Sands while serving a fourteen year sentence at Long Kesh, for possession of a gun as a member of the Irish Republican Army.
The novel was originally written on "toilet paper with a biro refill... hidden inside Sands' own body" during the winter of 1979.[1] and first published in 1983. It recounts Sands' mental, physical, and sectarian struggles over a single day while he was taking part in the blanket protest against the removal of prisoners' political status by the British Government.
Footnotes
- ^ Sands, Bobby. One Day in My Life. Mercier Press. Dublin: 2001. p.18
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