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I never felt so much at home as I do in New York. I must be a devil.

Brendan Behan

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Brendan Behan
Age: 41 †
Born: 1923
Born: February 9
Died: 1964
Died: March 20
Journalist
Poet
Songwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan
Felt
Home
Must
Much
Never
Devil
York

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