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Stephen Gilbert (1912-2010) was born in Newcastle, Co. Down in 1912. He was sent to England for boarding school from age 10 to 13 and afterwards to a Scottish public school, which he left without passing any exams or obtaining a leaving certificate. He returned to Belfast, where he worked briefly as a journalist before joining his father’s tea and seed business. In 1931, just before his nineteenth birthday, Gilbert met novelist Forrest Reid, by that time in his mid-fifties. Reid’s numerous novels reflect his lifelong fascination with teenage boys, and he was quickly drawn to Gilbert; the two commenced a sometimes turbulent friendship that lasted until Reid’s death in 1947. Reid acted as mentor to Gilbert, who had literary aspirations, and u ...more

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	Ratman's Notebooks 4.04 avg rating — 896 ratings — published 1968 — 20 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 Landslide by Stephen Gilbert, Andrew Doyle (Introduction) 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1943 — 4 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 Burnaby Experiments by Stephen Gilbert, Patricia Craig (Preface) 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1952 — 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
	Monkeyface by Stephen Gilbert, Andrew Doyle (Introduction) 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1948 — 3 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
	Bombardier by Stephen Gilbert, Andrew Doyle (Introduction) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1944	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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“Sleep is temporary death”
― Stephen Gilbert, Ratman's Notebooks

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“The thing about people who deceive is that their minds work in different compartments. They can have two contradictory theories in their head at once and speak according to one or the other, whichever suits the listener best.”
― Stephen Gilbert, Ratman's Notebooks

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“If we had sensible laws the doctor would have chloroformed her last week as soon as he knew she couldn't recover. In this we are kinder to our animals than ourselves.”
― Stephen Gilbert, Ratman's Notebooks

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