Sir, – I don't know where Brendan Behan is nowadays, but if he gets hold of your editorial ("The Quare Fellow", March 20th) in which he is described as a "cultural icon", you can expect to hear from him.
“I’m not an effin’ Russian monstrance” will be the thrust of his message. – Yours, etc,
KIERAN FAGAN,
Seafield Court,
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Killiney,
Co Dublin.
Sir, – My favourite quotation concerning Brendan Behan appears in John Montague's memoir, Company: A Chosen Life . Neatly summarising his friend's sexual proclivities and linguistic abilities, Montague says, "He was the only trilingual bisexual I ever met." – Yours, etc,
PAUL LAUGHLIN,
Spruce Meadows,
Culmore,
Derry.