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At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
Category: Classics | 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
Flann O'Brien: The Complete Novels by Flann O'Brien
Category: Classics | 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: Non-Fiction | 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 Dalkey Archive by Flann O'Brien
Category: Non-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 Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
Category: Classics | 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
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