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At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien; William H. Gass (Introduction by)
Category: Fiction | Series: Dalkey Archive Essentials Ser.
Hailed as the paramount expression of metafiction and Irish culture, and uproariously funny and inventive, At Swim-Two-Birds has influenced generations of writers, broadening the possibilities of what can be done in ficiton. This comic novel is the story of a loafing and inebriated Dublin-based universi ...Show more
At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
"This is just the book to give your sister - if she's a loud, dirty, boozy girl." - Dylan Thomas. Flann O'Brien's first novel tells the story of a young, indolent undergraduate, who lives with his curmudgeonly uncle in Dublin and spends far too much time drinking with his friends. When not drunk or in b ...Show more
Best of Myles by Flann O'Brien
Category: Fiction | Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Under the pseudonym Myles na Gopaleen, Flann O' Brien wrote a daily column in the 'Irish Times' called 'Cruiskeen Lawn' for over twenty years which hilariously satirised the absurdities and solemnities of Dublin life. With shameless irony and relentless high spirits Myles''Cruiskeen Lawn' became the mos ...Show more
Flann O'Brien: The Complete Novels by Flann O'Brien
Category: Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)
In these five novels by one of Ireland's greatest comic writers, we explore the full range of his invention, from the multi-layered madness of 'At Swim-Two-Birds' to the piercing realism of 'The Hard Life' and the surreal logic of 'The Third Policeman'.
The Collected Letters of Flann O'Brien by Flann O'Brien
Category: Biography Memoir | Series: Irish Literature Ser.
An unprecedented gathering of the correspondence of one of the great writers of twentieth century, the Collected Letters of Flann O'Brien presents an intimate look into the life and thought of Brian O'Nolan, a prolific author of novels, stories, sketches, and journalism who famously wrote and presented ...Show more
The Complete Novels of Flann O'Brien - Introduction by Keith Donohue by Keith Donohue (Introduction by); Flann O'Brien
Category: Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Ser.
Flann O'Brien, along with Joyce and Beckett, is part of the holy trinity of modern Irish literature. His five novels-collected here in one volume-are a monument to his inspired lunacy and gleefully demented genius. O'Brien's masterpiece, At Swim-Two-Birds, is an exuberant literary send-up and one of the ...Show more
The Dalkey Archive by Flann O'Brien
Category: Fiction | Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics Ser.
From the author of the classic novel 'At-Swim-Two-Birds' comes this ingenious tale which follows the mad and absurd ambitions of a scientist determined to destroy the world. Flann O'Brien's third novel, 'The Dalkey Archive' is a riotous depiction of the extraordinary events surrounding theologian and m ...Show more
The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story About the Hard Life by Flann O'Brien
Category: Fiction
The Poor Mouth relates the story of one Bonaparte O'Coonassa, born in a cabin in a fictitious village called Corkadoragha in western Ireland equally renowned for its beauty and the abject poverty of its residents. Potatoes constitute the basis of his family's daily fare, and they share both bed and boar ...Show more
The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
Category: Fiction | Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics Ser.
The Third Policeman is Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark comic novel about the nature of time, death, and existence. Told by a narrator who has committed a botched robbery and brutal murder, the novel follows him and his adventures in a two-dimensional police station where, through the theories of the sc ...Show more
The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
Category: Fiction | Series: Irish Literature Ser.
"The Third Policeman" is Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark comic novel about the nature of time, death, and existence. Told by a narrator who has committed a botched robbery and brutal murder, the novel follows him and his adventures in a two-dimensional police station where, through the theories of the ...Show more